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From: mkr@mmm.UUCP (MKR)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: What should be added to C
Message-ID: <936@mmm.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Jun-86 11:39:27 EDT
Article-I.D.: mmm.936
Posted: Fri Jun  6 11:39:27 1986
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References: <1462@mmintl.UUCP> <5498@alice.uUCp> <1497@mmintl.UUCP> <3542@reed.UUCP>
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In article <3542@reed.UUCP> kab@reed.UUCP (Kent Black) writes:
>In article <1497@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes:
>>>> o An andif clause for if statements.
>>You would write:
>>  if (A) {
>>    X
>>  } andif (B) {
>>    Y
>>  } else {
>>    Z
>>  }
>
>Which is equivalent to: 
>
>	if (A)	{
>	    X;
>	    if (B) 	{
>	    	Y;
>	    }
>	} else	{
>	    Z;
>	}
>	
	Correct me if I'm wrong ( :-) ), but the second example is not 
actually equivalent to the first. In the first I assume that Frank means
that Z gets executed only if A *and* B are false. In the second, Z gets
executed if A is false, regardless of B.


--MKR