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- From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
- Subject: Re: What does this do?
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- References: <4hg4hv$iqb@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 01:43:47 GMT
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- In article <4hg4hv$iqb@hubcap.clemson.edu> ckirsch@eng.clemson.edu writes:
- > void foo(int bar, float *baz)
- > {
- > int x,y;
- > (void) x;
- > (void) y;
- ...
- > The compiler (Watcom 10.5) doesn't like it, but lets it pass.
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- I would not like it either.
-
- > What exactly is this doing?
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- Nothing.
-
- > And, more importantly, what is the author trying to acheive?
-
- Creating lines of code out of thin air.
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