Re: 2.3.10 patches

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX)
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:41:33 +0100 (GMT)


Hi Steve.

>> Next, a for loop that does absolutely nothing, although the fact
>> is hidden by the location of the semicolon. This patch unhides
>> that fact, although I'd guess that it's actually a bug that
>> needs some attention.

> I expect it's deliberate, the 'contents' of the loop are inside
> the for statement.

They possibly are, but when I first looked at it, I assumed that the
for loop immediately following it was inside that for loop, and
couldn't work out what was going on as a result. This patch prevents
that confusion in the approved fashion...

> You're not saying that

>> for (r = 0; rate < 75000000/ADCMULT; r += 0x20, rate <<= 1);

> generates a compiler warning now? Grrr :)

No, but it's only two lines away from the previous patch in that
message which did generate a compiler warning - I spotted that one
trying to sort out the first...

Best wishes from Riley.

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