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SubjectRe: Coding technique question
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Timothy Miller wrote:

> I believe I've seen this sort of thing done in the kernel:
>
> do {
> ....
> code
> ....
> } while (0);
>
>
> What I was wondering is how this is any different from:
>
> {
> ....
> code
> ....
> }

See the Kernel Newbies FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
Q: "Why do a lot of #defines in the kernel use do { ... } while(0)? "

Best regards,

Aschwin Marsman

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