then why does Xcode complain about an unused result? this is just another example of a TOTALLY USELESS error message.
anyway, i fixed it, and now it works. thanks. On 28. Oct 2012, at 11:56, Roland King <r...@rols.org> wrote: > > On 28 Oct, 2012, at 7:50 PM, H Miersch <hmier...@me.com> wrote: > >> ok, it looks like i've sorted the original problem. but here's the next one: >> >> i have this line: >> >> for (i = 0; i++; i < count) {…} >> >> in the app delegate. Xcode keeps giving me this warning: expression result >> unused. WTF? that is correct syntax for a for loop, isn't it? so then why do >> i keep getting this warning? >> also, i have confirmed that the statements between { and } are NOT executed, >> no matter what. that's not right either. so WTF is going on here? >> _______________________________________________ > > > no it's not even vaguely the right syntax for a for loop. You have > > for( initialiser, iterator, condition ) > > it's supposed to be > > for( initialiser, condition, iterator ) > > that's just basic C > > so change it to > > for( i = 0 ; i < count ; i++) > > Xcode is totally correct here. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com