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Article #7936Re: What does this do?
From: Dik T. Winter
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 01:43
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 01:43
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In article <4hg4hv$iqb@hubcap.clemson.edu> ckirsch@eng.clemson.edu writes:
> void foo(int bar, float *baz)
> {
> int x,y;
> (void) x;
> (void) y;
...
> The compiler (Watcom 10.5) doesn't like it, but lets it pass.
I would not like it either.
> What exactly is this doing?
Nothing.
> And, more importantly, what is the author trying to acheive?
Creating lines of code out of thin air.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.lang.c Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!cwi.nl!dik From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) Subject: Re: What does this do? Message-ID: <DnxE4z.Hnq@cwi.nl> Sender: news@cwi.nl (The Daily Dross) Nntp-Posting-Host: chrysant.cwi.nl Organization: CWI, Amsterdam References: <4hg4hv$iqb@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 01:43:47 GMT