AVR-Chat

np np wrote:
> This is due to the way C is parsed by the compiler.
> 
> The compiler throws a wobbly even in Visual C if the braces are unequal.
> 
> It goes to the end of the file if there is one missing.

Software is not clairvoyant, and the brackets are required for the
parser to know where it's at. Nothing else a compiler can do. It's
up to the programmer to be competent with parsing techniques.