Standard indentation?

[Peter da Silva]

In article <846 at starfish.Convergent.COM>, jerry at starfish.Convergent.COM (Gerald Hawkins) writes:
> Here is a confusing one:

> Is it ever ok to use the form:
> 	if (a = b * 2 + 39)		/* intentional assignment within condition
> 	*/

Yes, but probably only in the common idiom:

	if((var = func(...)) == STATUS)
	{

Such as:

	if((fp = fopen(...)) == NULL)
	{
		perror(...);
		return FAILURE;
	}

or:

	if((nextc = getchar()) != EOF)
	{
		...
	}
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