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Re: [groff] Duff's Device lurking in refer.cpp


From: Ralph Corderoy
Subject: Re: [groff] Duff's Device lurking in refer.cpp
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 13:04:08 +0100

Hi Steffen,

> >     if (strcmp(opt,"-version")==0) {
> >     case 'v': // <-- a gibbon on the syntax tree
>
> But interesting that you call it Duff's device, i thought that
> exactly refers to a do..while() loop within a switch

Agreed, it's a method of loop unrolling that used case labels against
the `flow' of the other code's structure.
    dict -d jargon "duff's device"

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Cheers, Ralph.
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