Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!faustus From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: short circuit evaluation - some comments Message-ID: <1287@ucbcad.berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 24-Feb-87 18:07:19 EST Article-I.D.: ucbcad.1287 Posted: Tue Feb 24 18:07:19 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Feb-87 03:32:24 EST References: <813@cullvax.UUCP> Organization: CAD Group, U.C. Berkeley Lines: 6 I think if you're being really careful, you can't optimize away any arithmetic operations, because there is always the possible side effect of an arithmetic exception or memory error. I doubt any sane person would write code that did nothing except overflow sometimes, though. Wayne