short circuit evaluation

[mouse at mcgill-vision.UUCP]

In article <637 at rtech.UUCP>, jas at rtech.UUCP (Jim Shankland) writes:
> Now, one might say, "It is poor style for an expression with side
> effects to itself be an operand of an expression other than a "comma"
> expression."  (Though this prohibits the ever-popular
> "if ((c = getchar()) != EOF)".)

It also prohibits *ptr++ (which I don't think is excessive).

					der Mouse

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