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From: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.std.c
Subject: Re: difference between c++; and ++c;
Keywords: pre post increment decrement grammar style
Message-ID: <1817@bbxsda.UUCP>
Date: 8 Apr 91 19:14:02 GMT
References: <1991Apr08.161444.10025@cs.ruu.nl>
Reply-To: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker)
Organization: Basis International,  Albuquerque, NM
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In article <1991Apr08.161444.10025@cs.ruu.nl> hnridder@cs.ruu.nl (Ernst de Ridder) writes:
>	while ( c < 100)
>	   ++c;
>instead of
>	while ( c < 100)
>	   c++;
>
>Why should one of these forms be preferred over the other in such a situation,
>apart from personal preferences?

Apart from personal preference - none.  Some people (like myself) prefer
the first form (++c) because the second form (c++) *implies* preserving
the current value of c prior to incrementing.  Sure, that really doesn't
happen but you know how wierd programmers can be.

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