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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: When do you use "if ( a = b )"?
Message-ID: <15590@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 26 Mar 91 22:28:53 GMT
References: <1991Mar18.195351.11985@unlv.edu> <11109@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <15053@ganymede.inmos.co.uk>
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In article <15053@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> conor@inmos.co.uk (Conor O'Neill) writes:
>To me it is clear that using assignments inside conditions is very bad
>style because it makes the intention of the original programmer unclear.

I think it depends on context and familiraity with common C idioms.
Consider

	while ( (c = getchar()) != EOF )
		...

I know of no clearer expression of this common operation.