common bugs in C programs
Bob Stout
Bob.Stout at p6.f506.n106.z1.fidonet.org
Sun Dec 24 11:27:46 AEST 1989
In an article of <22 Dec 89 03:33:00 GMT>, damerla at uicbert.eecs.uic.edu writes:
>I am compiling a list of syntax and logical errors I ever made while writing
>C programs. Some of these errors are very simple but hard to debug like
>typing = in place of ==. Till now I have compiled about 25 of them and any
>contributions to this list will be appreciated.
If you make it a matter of style to write conditionals as (const == var)
rather than (var == const), your compiler will flag the error for you and make
your code *much* easier to debug.
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