On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, John Temples wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, sergio masci wrote:
> 
> > I must be dense. Why not just use a compound statement
> >
> > e.g.
> > 	#define CHECK_ERR { \
> >                  errcode = get_error(); \
> >                   if (errcode) {  \
> >                      print_error(errcode) \
> > 		   } \
> > 		}
> 
> if (condition)
>     CHECK_ERR;
> else
>     something();
> 
> will give you a syntax error, because you have a semicolon between the
> macro's closing brace and the "else".

Ah, that explains it! I NEVER use 'if' statements without braces. I always 
write (for the last 20 or so years):

	if (cond)
	{
	}
	else
	{
	}

I have seen errors like:

	if (cont)
		statement1;
		statement2;

No 'else' after 'statement2' so the compiler has no chance of flagging an 
error :-(

Regards
Sergio
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