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From: stew@harvard.ARPA (Stew Rubenstein)
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Subject: Re: C question
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Date: Wed, 10-Apr-85 02:21:10 EST
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Regarding the question about x = x++ and a[i] = i++ and similarly
ambiguous constructs:  Why the (*@#$%^*^ can't the compiler complain
rather than flipping a coin?  Programs with statements like these are
WRONG, just as wrong as one with a missing brace.  And while I am
making suggestions to the compiler-writers out there, I'd like to
endorse the action of the compiler which warned the programmer of
a possibly unintended assignment in the statement "if (i = 0) ..."
I have spent too much time fixing bugs caused by this.  I have even
written "i == j;", also a legal statement, but one which I would
love to have had the compiler complain about.
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Stew Rubenstein     UUCP: ihnp4!harvard!stew
Harvard Chemistry   ARPA: stew@harvard