On 26 February 2012 23:10, Robert Ramey <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ramey@rrsd.com">ramey@rrsd.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial">whatever I said - what I mean is illustrated by the 
following</span></div></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">if(0){</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">    ; // not checked by the 
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<div><font face="Arial"></font> </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>When you specify what you mean by &quot;not checked by the compiler&quot;, then we&#39;ll talk. :-)  Until you do, it is trivial to poke holes in it.  For instance:</div>

<div><br></div><div>if (0)</div><div>{</div><div>  Fire Fire Fire! (note: this line is NOT a C++ comment)</div><div>  if (ShouldTheIf0OnlyGoToTheFirstEndBraceItFinds())</div><div>  {</div><div>  }</div><div>  LaunchTheMissiles();</div>

<div>  if (0) {</div><div>}</div><div><br></div><div>Did you really mean to launch the missiles?</div><div>-- </div></div> Nevin &quot;:-)&quot; Liber  &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:nevin@eviloverlord.com" target="_blank">nevin@eviloverlord.com</a>&gt;  (847) 691-1404<br>