Bug in 4.[12] BSD C compiler with "asm" statement

[chris at umcp-cs.UUCP]

This is what's called a ``known bug'' (or sometimes a ``feature'').
Everyone who uses asm() is supposed to know that extra null statements
are needed after if's.  asm()s sneak through the back door of the
compiler and don't count as a statement.  I suspect it's not worth
fixing.  By the way, if you write


	if (foo())
		asm("hi there");
		bar();
	else
		baz();

the call to ``bar'' is inside the ``if'', not outside.  The compiler
won't complain about the ``else'' either.

I say, leave the ``feature'' in there as a warning to anyone who
wants to use asm()!

Not entirely serious,
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