Having to modify debugged code is bad.

while (b)

{

if (b->type == CUBE)

surface += CubeSurface(b);

elseif (b->type == CYLINDER)

surface += CylinderSurface(b);

elseif (b->type == CONE)

surface += ConeSurface(b);

b = bptr[i++];

}

return surface;

}

while (b)

{

if (b->type == CUBE)

surface += CubeSurface(b);

elseif (b->type == CYLINDER)

surface += CylinderSurface(b);

elseif (b->type == CONE)

surface += ConeVolume(b);

b = bptr[i++];

}

return surface;

}

This is what you wanted...

This is what you pasted from getVolume...

while (b)

{

if (b->type == CUBE)

surface += CubeSurface(b);

elseif (b->type == CYLINDER)

surface += CylinderSurface(b);

elseif (b->type == CONE)

surface += CylinderSurface(b);

b = bptr[i++];

}

return surface;

}

This is because it was 2:30 am...

while (b)

{

if (b->type == CUBE)

surface += CubeSurface(b);

elseif (b->type == CYLINDER)

surface += CylinderSurface(b);

b = bptr[i++];

}

return surface;

}

This is because you forgot about this routine...

If you are forced to modify debugged code, you take a chance to introduce new bugs which are really hard to find.

The compiler will happily compile the faulty code and will not help you to find those bugs.

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