Any Tools to Catch Silly Mistakes in C Code?

Question

I had a nasty typo that wasted my time and my colleague\'s time, it was something like this:

for (i = 0; i < blah; i++); // <- I had a semi-colon here, tha         


        

Answer 1

In this (old) version of How to Shoot Yourself In the Foot, and in many other versions around the web, C is always the language that allows for the simplest procedure. When programming in C, you have to remember this and be careful. If you want protection, choose another language.

This saying is attributed to Bjarne Stroustrup (C++) himself. To (mis)quote:

"C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot"