On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 06:28:19AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> Noticed this while writing a syntax check rule to look for bogus
> doubled semicolons.  If there's interest, I could add this rule
> to maint.mk:
> 
> # Except for shell files and for loops, double semicolon is probably a mistake
> sc_prohibit_double_semicolon:
>       @prohibit=';;'                                          \
>       in_vc_files='\.[ch]$$'                                  \
>       exclude='for \(.*\)'                                    \
>       halt="Double semicolon detected"                        \
>         $(_sc_search_regexp)

That looks useful to me.

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