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["Jérôme M. Berger"]

Walter Bright wrote:
> bearophile wrote:
>> Alex Makhotin:
>>> Current DMD compiler version outputs on attempt to make empty statement:
>>>> use '{ }' for an empty statement, not a ';'
>>> Is there a reason?
>>
>> Yes, it avoids a common type of bug:
>>
>> for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++);
>>   writeln(i);
>>
>> I have seen students waste minutes locating that bug.
> 
> I've seen a whole afternoon lost on that one.

	Of course, using a decent editor will prevent it: if the editor is
able to handle indentation correctly, it will indent the writeln in
the same column as the for which makes the problem appear immediately.

		Jerome
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