Re: question about linker

On 07/12/2024 20:02, Bart wrote:

On 07/12/2024 17:58, David Brown wrote:

On 07/12/2024 17:52, Bart wrote:

 

    f ( ) ;
    f ( x , y , z ) ;
    ++ p . x ;
    q = ( void ) p ;
    label :
    f ( x , y , z ) ;
    a [ i + 1 ] ;
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That is just differently bad from "f(x,y,z);" and "q=(void*)p;".  Too much space is bad spacing,

 You specifically praised Forth for requiring spaces between tokens, which is exactly what this code has.

The languages are not the same - they have different syntaxes.  Forth requires good spacing for Forth.  C does not require good spacing for C.   I think that's a shame - I think a lot of C code would be easier to read if spaces were required in certain parts of the syntax (but not /everywhere/).  Of course I don't think people could agree enough on /where/ the spaces should go in order to standardise something like that.  But for example, a rule that required a space after the comma between function arguments and parameters would be a big step forward in legibility of some people's code.
<snip purely subjective opinion on unrealistic code>
(And if you want to snip my purely subjective opinion on spacing, I won't feel offended.)