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From: Roland Exler <R DOT Exler AT jk DOT uni-linz DOT ac DOT at>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Laugh at my mistakes (Errors you wish you're mother told you about)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 08:16:15 -0700
Organization: Institute for el. Measurement, University of Linz, Austria
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Chris A. Triebel wrote:
> 
> while(i=0)      // never enters the loop
> {
>         ...
> }
> 
> int j=SOME_NUMBER_NOT_ZERO;
> while(i=j)              // perpetual look where i never really changes
> {
>         i++;
>         ...
> }
> 
> Very common for me using a compiler that doesn't throw a warning about
> setting value where it suspects a comparator should be.

If I remember right, gcc puts a warning at this statements if compiled with -Wall!

Roland

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