Re: [avr-gcc-list] Feature request - compiler warning for "if" stmts that do nothing

[E. Weddington]

Dave Hylands wrote:

> > The compiler will always barf if the constant is on the left because
> > you can not assign a value to a constant.
> >    
>
> I always found that little tidbit (putting the constant on the left) to
> be amusing.
>
> I figure if I can remember to put the constant on the left (which isn't
> natural for me), then I can remember to use '==' when I'm supposed to.
>
> Perhaps it's because I already knew C the first time I heard about that
> little practice, and you know what they say about old habits dying hard.
>
>  

I agree wholeheartedly!! :-)