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From: markg@amdcad.AMD.COM (Mark Gorlinsky)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Style [++i vs i++]
Message-ID: <17315@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: Tue, 30-Jun-87 16:24:35 EDT
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In article <17310@amdcad.AMD.COM> tim@amdcad.AMD.COM (Tim Olson) writes:
.Which operator (pre-increment or post-increment) do you use when the side-
.effect is the only desired action and the result is discarded, i.e.
.
.	for (i=0; i<MAX; ++i)
.vs
.	for (i=0; i<MAX; i++)
.or
.	++counter;	vs	counter++;
.

Sorry Tim, I have to disagree with you.  I hate to see sloppy 'C' code, when it
can be avoided, but this is perfectly fine.  The use of the post-increment or 
decrement operator to bump a value up|down, when not being passed as an
argument, doesn't generate any side-effects.  Both will produce the same code.
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