First C program

Frank Kolmann <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.as400.c
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Hi Jevgeni



Thank you.  You make good points.

That is a good way of trapping the == issue.

I will follow Barbaras advice in the coding of the if.



I like the way you use the #define for the type defs.

It does make the code clearer, I will use that sytle.



Frank





>*Subject: Re: First C program

>*From: Jevgeni Astanovski <Jevgeni.Astanovski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>*Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 07:54:34 +0000

>Yes. Barbara mentioned the define and I haven't...

>Definitely there are lots of this sort of advises to avoid =/== possible
mistake.

>I've never saw the one you referred.

> However some use another technique:

>Instead of writing

>if ((pf = _Ropen(PFILENAME, "rr")) == NULL)

>they write

>if (NULL == (pf = _Ropen(PFILENAME, "rr")))

>In this case if you make a mistake and write

>if (NULL = (pf = _Ropen(PFILENAME, "rr")))

>you will immediately get a syntax error.

>

....

>

>On the second issue - this is purely a question of how readable is your
program.

> My personal practice is to use "explicit" way of defining types. For
example:

>

>#pragma mapinc("dspf", "*LIBL/Y80ALD(ADDCHRG)", "both", "_P", "Y80", "Y80")

> #include "dspf"

> #define INPUT_T Y80_ADDCHRG_i_t

> #define OUTPUT_T Y80_ADDCHRG_o_t

>
>in this case it is (more) clear where these types are derived from....
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