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by viraptor 4037 days ago
Oohh... this would be so good for the underhanded C contest! Just mix is up with the comments which make the `do` look like (assuming good actor) an accidentally wrapped comment.

    /* The following code does something, so here's the
    // explanations of what happens. And here's what we actually
    */ do
    printf("hey\n");
    
    /* And now just count down */
    while (some_check(--i));
Now spot that in a large file of real code!
1 comments

Sneaky. Most syntax highlighting would make it stick out like a sore thumb, but still, sneaky.