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On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:33:21 -0000 (UTC), Kaz Kylheku wrote:

>On 2025-04-15, bart wrote:
>>   * Not having to write the variable 3 times (with C not always being
>>     able to detect if they didn't match)
>
>This is indeed a source of errors in C nested loops. Say we have
>these macros:
>
>   FOR (i, 0, N-1)
>     FOR (j, 0, i)
>       ...
>
>we are less likely to make some copy paste error like
>=20
>   for (i =3D 0; i < N; i++)
>     for (j =3D 0; j < i; i++)
>       ...
>
>Int he past, I've run into bugs in nested loops, along these lines.

if F is a macro as #define F for
until now i not find any inconvenient for me at last

>In loop-heavy code, making a macro like the FOR above might not
>be a bad idea.