Some people dont get it

[RoD]

Best ad ever, can you spot the problem??? Some people and their bad habits, i hate stupid stuff like this.

[7smurfs]

It uses goto?

[jverkoey]

suck.it.up won't do anything.

Also...not sure what language it's written in, but I'm guessing C++, so the "end" is pointless.



And, it's not using goto, it's assigning goto a value. Which, if it IS C or C++, then it's not a valid statement...

[Dave Evans]

It uses goto?

I don't see anything wrong with goto, as long as it is used appropriately:


#include <stdio.h>

#define goto i
#define end }

int main()
{
int goto;

for (goto = 1; goto <= 5; goto++) {
printf("goto = %d\n", goto);
}

goto = 0;

return goto;
end


(I do see some potential evil in needless use of macros, however.)

Regards,

Dave

[RoD]

I was focused mainly on GOTO

[Dave Evans]

I was focused mainly on GOTO

#include <stdio.h>

#define goto i
#define end }
#define up hi()

typedef struct _h_struct {
void (*hi)(void);
} h_struct;

typedef struct _s_struct {
h_struct it;
} s_struct;

int main()
{
void hello(void);
int goto;
s_struct suck;
suck.it.hi = hello;

for (goto = 1; goto <= 5; goto++) {
printf("goto = %d\n", goto);
}
printf("\ngoto goto goto goto goto goto goto goto goto goto goto goto \n\n");

printf("There! Did you get it out of your system yet?\n");

suck.it.up;

goto = 0;

return goto;
end

void hello()
{
printf("\nHey! Are you talkin' to me?\n");
}


Regards,

Dave

[anonytmouse]

The Daily WTF: Looking to the Tech Leader (http://thedailywtf.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=26536)

[Dave Evans]

suck.it.up won't do anything.

Also...not sure what language it's written in, but I'm guessing C++, so the "end" is pointless.



And, it's not using goto, it's assigning goto a value. Which, if it IS C or C++, then it's not a valid statement...

Well, in my post (compile it on your favorite C or C++ compiler), suck.it.up prints out a message. And if I left out the "end", it wouldn't compile. And since the preprocessor changed the "goto" to something legal, C or C++ compilers never see the badness.

If certain macros are defined in certain ways, everything in that ad compiles and executes deterministically on all C and C++ compilers that I have tested today (all four).

Now, ask me again why I hate unecessary and needless macros. (I also hate redundancy and needless repetition.)

Regards,

Dave

p.s. With the right macro, I can get void main() through g++ with no warnings and no errors even though all warning flags are set. This is for professionals only (professional idiots, that is --- like me); don't try it at home (or on cprogramming.com).

[RoD]

thank god anon its not just me

[Quantum1024]

The code uses Braces where none are required but thats just personal taste.

[Hunter2]

>>The code uses Braces where none are required but thats just personal taste.
Some people dont get it:rolleyes: