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

[Knudsen]

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?
I can see always using the { } in case you want to add more statements
later, but I don't see where it avoids the original type bug.
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