Newsgroups: comp.std.c Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: ++i++ in Plain English Message-ID: Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <5ywa15w164w@cellar.UUCP> <3845@inews.intel.com> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 91 16:03:34 GMT In article <3845@inews.intel.com> bhoughto@hopi.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes: > Yes, you're right, most of it is moot, but remember that > the entire operation is permitted to be "discarded" if > the value of i is never used again in the rest of its > current scope. ... and if i isn't volatile ... -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?" Shouldn't that be "if I aren't volatile"?