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From: drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley)
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Subject: Re: sizeof (int) - 1
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Date: Wed, 1-Oct-86 16:04:04 EDT
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> It is interesting that the expression
> 	sizeof (int) - 1
> is ambiguous in C, for it can be parsed as
> 	sizeof ((int)(- 1))
> or as
> 	(sizeof(int)) - 1
> 
> Think about it!

Both K&R (App. A, 7.2) and Harbison&Steele (7.4.2) note that it is
ambiguous on the face of it, and that it is to be resolved in favor of
	(sizeof (int)) - 1

Dale