On 11/05/2010 21:36, Eitan Adler wrote: > My proposal is simple: > require that any if statement that compares a constant to a mutable variable > be written as > if (constant == variable) > instead of > if (variable == constant) > > this prevents an extremely common programming error > if (variable = constant) > > While this is almost always found in testing sometimes thing can slip > through and writing it using the former method will generate a compiler > warning.
Is this suggestion due to the discussions around yoda-style in the comments of: http://www.globalnerdy.com/2010/05/09/new-programming-jargon/ I think the pro-yoda faction actually has more convincing arguments, though I never considered using yoda-style myself. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
