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From: john@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (John Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C sintax
Message-ID: <594@viper.Lynx.MN.Org>
Date: 8 Feb 88 08:29:45 GMT
References: <501@m10ux.UUCP> <165600034@uiucdcsb>
Reply-To: john@viper.UUCP (John Stanley)
Organization: DynaSoft Systems
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In article <165600034@uiucdcsb> wsmith@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
 >
 >main()
 >{
 >    int a,b;
 > 
 >    a = 0; b = 0;
 >
 >    printf("%0d",a+++b);
 >}
 >
 >Is this (a++)+b or a+(++b)?
 >
 >Bill Smith
 >pur-ee!uiucdcs!wsmith
 >wsmith@a.cs.uiuc.edu


  Because the C parser is defined as always taking the largest number
of characters that can be interpreted as a single token, and that it
scans from left to right, the answer should always be:

	((a++)+b)

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John Stanley (john@viper.UUCP)
Software Consultant - DynaSoft Systems
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