On Mon, 15 May 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> do { ... } while (0) is the standard way of enclosing a block of code
> in a macro. You are correct that you only need "{ ... }" for most
> situations. I can't remember if the "do/while" is a relic of old K&R
> compiler compatibility habits, or if there are a few semantic situations
> which exist today that require do/while not just {}.
if (foo) bar(); else baz();
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