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From: craigb@hpqtdla.HP.COM (Craig Bruce)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: comma operator
Message-ID: <430006@hpqtdla.HP.COM>
Date: 4 Aug 89 12:51:14 GMT
References: <1989Jul28.174033.12734@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Organization: HP, Queensferry Telecomms (UK)
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  According to my text (Darnell & Margolis's Software Eng. in 'C', p137) :

	"The comma operator is one of the few operators for which the order of
	evaluation is specified. The compiler must evaluate the left-hand
	operator first."

  As this book covers both ANSI standard and K&R and comments on differences
between the two, and since this comment is stated as fact I think it is safe 
to take it as pretty close to gospel.

			Craig


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