Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site desint.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!desint!geoff From: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Re: parens around sizeof arg Message-ID: <348@desint.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Mar-85 21:17:50 EST Article-I.D.: desint.348 Posted: Sat Mar 2 21:17:50 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 04:09:57 EST References: <8048@brl-tgr.ARPA> <607@ncoast.UUCP> <512@rlgvax.UUCP> <314@gumby.UUCP> <290@talcott.UUCP> <317@gumby.UUCP> Organization: his home computer, Manhattan Beach, CA Lines: 16 >> That's a "sizeof(type)", not a "sizeof thing", and the parentheses are >> necessary in that case. > > Oh, how nice. Something else for experts in C to know so they can feel > superior to the novices. Never have one, consistent way to use a language > construct when you can have two to demonstrate your mastery of the arcana. Well, the easy answer is in Kernighan and Plaugher: "When in doubt, PARENTHESIZE." A lot of people prefer to parenthesize all sizeof's as a stylistic thing anyway. -- Geoff Kuenning Unix Consultant (213) 545-4413 ...!ihnp4!trwrb!desint!geoff