Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!taumet!steve
From: steve@taumet.com (Stephen Clamage)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: initialization
Message-ID: <367@taumet.com>
Date: 1 Aug 90 15:43:05 GMT
References: <1990Aug1.011654.22068@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Organization: Taumetric Corporation, San Diego
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rpjday@ccu.umanitoba.ca writes:

|int func(int a) 
|{
|	int i = a, j = i + 1 ;

|Am I allowed to initialize the integer "j" with the value of 
|another variable initialized in the same line?  What if I put
|the two definitions on separate lines?

According to ANSI C this is fine, and is equivalent in effect to
int i = a;
int j = i + 1 ;
(By "line" above, I assume you meant "declaration".)

The end of an initializer is a "sequence point", and must be fully
completed before the next initialization (or statement).

There may be non-standard compilers which do not follow this rule.
-- 

Steve Clamage, TauMetric Corp, steve@taumet.com