Episode 121 Discussion

[Cal_kashi]

Score(assertionfailure, points++);
is perfectly legitimate if its a function call and not a header.
No type declerations are neccessary, this function would just assign those points to that person.
If that person is the only one who currently has points then the variable points is unique to him and
points++ is valid, or this could only a small part of several lines of code, being the only relevant one to
the current discussion.
Point being its not invalid without the rest of you having enough information to show that its invalid.

[Myran]

Originally posted by: Cal_kashi
Score(assertionfailure, points++);
is perfectly legitimate if its a function call and not a header.
No type declerations are neccessary, this function would just assign those points to that person.
If that person is the only one who currently has points then the variable points is unique to him and
points++ is valid, or this could only a small part of several lines of code, being the only relevant one to
the current discussion.
Point being its not invalid without the rest of you having enough information to show that its invalid.

But why would he have the first parameter to be assertn if hes the only one with any score?
Its not invalid, but illogical.

But yeah, its obviously impossible to know if its invalid or not without having more information. The reason i first mentioned it is because its a bit of a pet peeve for me with people who add parts of "code" like that in forums.