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From: SMITHJ@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: comma operator
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Date: 3 Aug 89 21:18:56 GMT
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In article <1351@cbnewsl.ATT.COM>, mpl@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (michael.p.lindner) writes:
> ***FLAME ON!***
> Sigh.  RTFM!  The comma operator guarantees left to right evaluation,
> and fprintf(...) and exit(...) ARE valid expressions in C.
> sputter sputter - flame off.

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I'm sure that all the documentation I've read warns
that the *comma* operator ----does not----- guarantee evaluation in any order.
Specifically, the Microsoft 5.0 manual mentions this.

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