Re: Simplicity has a future

Ben Pfaff <blp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Tomas" <No.Email@Address> writes:

Richard Heathfield posted:

foo *foo_create(int bar)
{
foo *new = malloc(sizeof *new);
if(new != NULL)
{
new->bar = bar;
}
return new;
}

specifically to remind me, should I ever try to use a C++ compiler on
the code, that I'm making a big mistake.

A facility as simple as "find and replace" solves the keyword problem.

Yes, and at the same time it screws up all the comments that use
"new" as an English word.

But C++ programmers aren't stupid enough to need comments.

Richard
.

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