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From: bhoughto@nevin.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.std.c
Subject: Re: difference between c++; and ++c;
Keywords: pre post increment decrement grammar style
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Date: 9 Apr 91 07:30:57 GMT
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In article <389@civet.ukc.ac.uk> mtr@ukc.ac.uk (M.T.Russell) writes:
>Notionally we have:
[...I have no joke here, I just like the proper use of the word "notionally..."]
[ :-) and I need a little inews-inclusion-meter fodder :-( ]
>   i++;	  "Save the current value of i, increment i then discard
>	   the value just saved"
>   ++i;   "Increment i then discard the resulting value"
>Obviously most compilers will generate exactly the same code for
>either case, but it is nice to express what you mean as directly as
>possible.

    i += 1;	"Increment i."

				--Blair
				  "Notionally, 'mu.'"