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Article #23Re: semi colons after }
From: Fran Litterio
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 12:35
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 12:35
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ark@alice.att.com (Andrew Koenig) writes:
> ddv@unix.brighton.ac.uk (Domenico De Vitto) writes:
>
> > There is no need to put a semi-colon after a closing brace, it's like putting
> > a remark after every code block for no reason except BAD PRACTICE to do this
> > as no-one else does and it obviously confused (at least) you.
>
> Indeed, it sometimes incorrect:
>
> if (x < 0) {
> x = -x;
> sign = 1;
> }; else // syntax error
> sign = 0;
And sometimes necessary:
struct foo {
int i;
} // Need a ';' here.
sub()
{
return 99;
}
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.centerline.com!franl From: franl@centerline.com (Fran Litterio) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: semi colons after } Date: 31 Oct 92 12:35:15 Organization: CenterLine Software, Inc. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <FRANL.92Oct31123515@draco.centerline.com> References: <1992Oct19.092858.2877@unix.brighton.ac.uk> <23938@alice.att.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 140.239.3.116 In-reply-to: ark@alice.att.com's message of 20 Oct 92 13:33:02 GMT