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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Recursion, Yo
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:07:49 +0200
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On 12.04.2024 11:38, bart wrote:
> 
> I used to allow 'func' to call a function with no args. Later I switched
> to using func() as being more informative, since just:
> 
>    func

I wasn't aware that C allows that. (Or are you talking about your own
language(s) here?)

> 
> doesn't impart very much. Maybe it's a function call; maybe it's a goto
> to label 'func' (as I still allow); maybe it's a macro invocation; maybe
> it's just evaluating a variable 'func' then discarding the value.

You seem to be writing that [since] you "allow" a lot of non-standard
things thus needing some syntax to restrict that initial freedom again.

Anyway; I have no connection to your tools (if that's what you were
speaking about), so I abstain.

Janis

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