Re: Variable comparisons

[der Mouse <mouse () Rodents Montreal QC CA>]

> > [if (constant == variable) as defense against s/==/=/]
> [M]y erstwhile manager complained about lack of readability, since as
> you point out:
> > This is counter to the way we generally tend to think when writing
> > mathematical expressions,

Well, yes, but mathematical expressions rarely include anything very
much like programming-language assignments.

> Meanwhile, even while I still worked there, I tried to avoid
> assignments within conditionals....

-Wparentheses -Werror is your friend. :-)

Even if you don't use gcc for your production builds, with a suitable
bunch of warning options it makes a fairly nice lint-alike.  In some
circumstances it doesn't even have to be ported to your target, or even
build, platform.  (Depending on the lint, I sometimes think it's better
than lint.  The more paranoid will of course use both....)

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