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From: jdn@homxc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: MWC problems
Message-ID: <2062@homxc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Nov-87 10:39:43 EST
Article-I.D.: homxc.2062
Posted: Mon Nov  9 10:39:43 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Nov-87 23:31:05 EST
References: <423@Lindy.STANFORD.EDU> <105100026@datacube>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel
Lines: 32
Summary: correction

In article <105100026@datacube>, ftw@datacube.UUCP writes:
> 
> kevin@Lindy.UUCP writes:
> 
> > When compiling something with Mark Williams C, I got the following
> > error message:
> 
> > 603: In cc1: Fatal error: Internal compiler error: FFFFA77E
> 
> > Here are lines 602 & 603:
> 
> > [602]	while ( *p != ' ' && *p != '\t' && *p != '\n' && *p != '\0')
> > [603]		*p++;
> 
> > with the declaration:
> > register char *p;
> 
> > Could someone tell me what's going on?  I don't see anything wrong with
> > the above bit of code...
> 
Farrel proceeds to give an explanation which is basically correct; however
he makes the following oversight.
> The compiler is probably confused because it expects some form of assignment
> to be taking place at about that point, as in "ch = *p++;" which increments
> "p", and assigns the thing now pointed at by "p" to "ch".

Not so. This makes the assignment first, and then increments the pointer.


Jonathan Nagy
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