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From: Tim_CDC_Roberts@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: comma operator
Message-ID: <21016@cup.portal.com>
Date: 4 Aug 89 15:53:46 GMT
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Steve Kilbane writes:
>
>    x1 = expr1,          x1 = expr1,
>         expr2;   ==>         expr3;
>                              expr2;

Oooooh, that is a nasty one.  It's that kind of "but_I_only_changed_one_line"
modification that gives professional maintainers ulcers.

I consider that a very good argument against the comma operator.

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