lint won't verify printf formatting against variable types??

[Goran Larsson [Hacker of Hackefors]]

In article <11038 at ihlpl.ATT.COM> knudsen at ihlpl.ATT.COM (Knudsen) writes:
>In article <411 at isadora.ikp.liu.se>, hacker at isadora.ikp.liu.se (Goran Larsson [Hacker of Hackefors]) writes:
>> It's your own fault -- you should have written it as
>> 	if ( condition ) {
>> 		action;
>> 	}
>> to reduce the risk of errors!
>Yes, but suppose you make the same typo and get
> 	if ( condition ); {	/* extra semicolon */
> 		action;
> 	}
>Isn't this still legal C (with the same bug), since compound blocks
>may be started anywhere?

The problem is that "if ( condition )" feels like a function call to
your fingers and when your brain orders a new line, one of your fingers
will automagically add the semicolon.  If you add the opening curly
brace before ordering a new line then your fingers will realize that the
semicolon is inapropriate.  Have you ever seen "if ( condition ); {" in
a program?
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