Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?

On 2/27/25 8:16 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Ar Rakin <rakinar2@onesoftnet.eu.org> writes:

bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
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// isn't devoid of quirks (this is still C after all), for example:
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    fopen(file,"rb");   // open file in \windows\system32\
    fread(...);
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Here, the // line continues onto the next, so that the fread is
commented out. But they are fewer.

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Interesting. Isn't this considered a compiler bug?

 No, it is standard C line continuation behavior remaining from
the days of punched cards.  More useful for strings
and invented prior to the invention of unterminated comments (//).
 

Understood.
Even though I have been writing C code for around four years now, I still learn new things about this *simple* language every day.
--
Rakin