[comp.lang.c] Parentheses

vlcek@mit-caf.MIT.EDU (Jim Vlcek) (07/07/88)

In article <326@marob.MASA.COM> daveh@marob.UUCP (Dave Hammond) writes:

>Is different code produce by the compiler for "return n" and "return(n)" ?

Just as a side note, it's worth keeping in mind that return is a C
statement, not a function.  exit(), on the other hand, is a library
function.  With this in mind, ``return n'' is probably preferable to
``return (n)''.
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