Re: program bug

Joe Wright wrote:
> Ian Collins wrote:
>> Robert Gamble wrote:
>>> On May 2, 6:28 pm, Ian Collins <ian-n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> Why are you comparing characters with string literals?  Surly your
>>>> compiler gave you some warnings?
>>> My compiler didn't provide any warnings for this code, did yours?
>>>
>> Oops, my bad, I spotted the comparisons an didn't spot they were with
>> argv[n].
>>
> So what?
> 
>    if (argv[1] == "b")
> 
> is not an error the compiler need diagnose. Both arguments are of type
> (char *) and the chances the two pointer values are equal is nil but the
> expression is completely valid.
> 
I know, that's why I said I didn't spot the comparison was with argv[n].
  If I had, I wouldn't have mentioned compiler warnings.

-- 
Ian Collins.