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C n00b here - why the `do {} while(0)`? Couldn't you just do something like `#define free(p) { free(p); p = NULL; }`?
by devenblake 6y ago
C n00b here - why the `do {} while(0)`? Couldn't you just do something like `#define free(p) { free(p); p = NULL; }`?
- deaddodo 6y agoSemi-experienced C user here, I believe the anonymous block is perfectly adequate here. No idea why they are wrapping it in a single instance do loop, unless they’re unaware of block scoping or I’m unaware of some UB here.
- btrask 6y agodo {} while(0) is a common idiom for macros in C, because it consumes the trailing semicolon, which a bare {} block doesn't do. if(x) MACRO(); else something(); expands to if(x) { ... }; // Error! else something();