Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > But the condition doesn't line up with the code:
> 
> Exactly.  The condition not lining up with the following code helps
> code helps separate the two.

Sorry about that: I realised you were agreeing with me about 5s after I sent
the message.

> However there is the practical way to solve this if you have
> a sufficiently large conditional, or the conditional appears
> several times.

That doesn't necessarily work - for instance if the condition has side effects
on local variables (eg: postinc).  OTOH, large complex conditions with side
effects have to be abused with care and preferably avoided.  goto is your
friend:-)

David
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