Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!lll-tis!oodis01!uplherc!sp7040!obie!wes From: wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Unnecessary parenthesis Summary: A voice is heard in the wilderness... Message-ID: <95@obie.UUCP> Date: 9 Jul 88 18:34:03 GMT References: <326@marob.MASA.COM> <2550075@hpisod2.HP.COM> Organization: the Well of Souls Lines: 15 In article <2550075@hpisod2.HP.COM>, decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot) writes: > I see no reason to add further confusion by making flow control look like > a function call. I use "return e;" because it's less cluttered and more > distinct. I agree. I also try to make the flow-control statements that REQUIRE parenthesis (if, while, & for) look different, too. I always write functions with the parentheses immediately following the name, i.e. function(), and control statements with whitespace between the statment and the parentheses, i.e. if (something) and while (braindead). -- {hpda, uwmcsd1}!sp7040!obie!wes "Happiness lies in being priviledged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing." -- Robert A. Heinlein --