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From: diamond@jit345.swstokyo.dec.com (Norman Diamond)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: difference between c++; and ++c;
Keywords: pre post increment decrement grammar style
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Date: 11 Apr 91 01:16:38 GMT
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In article <4496@gmdzi.gmd.de> wittig@gmdzi.gmd.de (Georg Wittig) writes:

>So, is  ``c++''  always equivalent to  ``(++c - 1)''  ?

Usually.  In cases of overflow, sometimes yes, sometimes not necessarily.
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Norman Diamond       diamond@tkov50.enet.dec.com
If this were the company's opinion, I wouldn't be allowed to post it.