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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: how to make a macro work as a single line if stmt without braces
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:30:38 -0700
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 24/09/2024 15:36, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
>> The idea of changing the language to always require braces is
>> unnecessary and wasteful (besides being a non-starter for purely
>> practical reasons).
>
> Well, practically it is not difficult.

Changing a compiler to require compound statements would not be
difficult.  Changing the language in that way would be completely
impractical, because it would break existing code.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */