2010/1/4 Greg Parker <gpar...@apple.com>: > On Jan 2, 2010, at 9:30 AM, Alexander Spohr wrote: >> I put a , not a ; between the statements. So at least my last example would >> work - had I just left the last ; out of it: >> >> #define GDRelease(x) [(x) release], (x) = nil >> expands to: >> if(x) >> [(x) release], (x) = nil; >> else >> foo(x); >> >> But the while(0) looks not as fragile. > > The do..while form also prevents errors like this: > > if (GDRelease(x)) { ... } > // this is nonsense > > if ( do { [(x) release]; (x) = nil; } while (0) ) { ... } > // this expansion is a compile error: good > > if ( [(x) release], (x) = nil ) { ... } > // but this expansion compiles successfully: bad >
Easily fixed: #define GDRelease(x) [(x) release], (x) = nil, (void)0 _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com