From: Christian Couder Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:24:02 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/18] revert: Introduce --continue to continue the operation Message-ID: <201108020824.03046.chriscool@tuxfamily.org> In-Reply-To: <1312222025-28453-18-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> On Monday 01 August 2011 20:07:04 Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: > +static void verify_opt_mutually_compatible(const char *me, ...) > +{ > + const char *opt1, *opt2; > + va_list ap; > + int set; > + > + va_start(ap, me); > + while ((opt1 = va_arg(ap, const char *))) { > + set = va_arg(ap, int); > + if (set) > + break; > + } > + if (!opt1) > + goto ok; > + while ((opt2 = va_arg(ap, const char *))) { > + set = va_arg(ap, int); > + if (set) { > + va_end(ap); > + die(_("%s: %s cannot be used with %s"), > + me, opt1, opt2); > + } > + } > +ok: > + va_end(ap); > +} I'd suggest something like this: static void verify_opt_mutually_compatible(const char *me, ...) { const char *opt1, *opt2; va_list ap; va_start(ap, me); while ((opt1 = va_arg(ap, const char *))) { int set = va_arg(ap, int); if (set) break; } if (opt1) { while ((opt2 = va_arg(ap, const char *))) { int set = va_arg(ap, int); if (set) break; } } va_end(ap); if (opt1 && opt2) die(_("%s: %s cannot be used with %s"), me, opt1, opt2); } Thanks, Christian.