Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!hubcap!gatech!ukma!rutgers!att!whuts!homxb!hropus!ki4pv!cdis-1!tanner From: tanner@cdis-1.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: What does Z["ack"] = 5 mean? Message-ID: <6945@cdis-1.uucp> Date: 11 Oct 88 12:16:37 GMT Article-I.D.: cdis-1.6945 References: <14999@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <4700019@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Organization: CompuData Inc, DeLand Lines: 11 In article <4700019@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, kenny@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes: ) ...implementors, notably Encore, have been lax about implementing ) integer[pointer] and integer +- pointer. It is unwise to depend on ) either form's working in portable code; ... It is also possible that compiler writers will get the "for" loop handling wrong. It is unwise to depend on "for" loops in portable code. Use a "while" loop instead. -- ...!bikini.cis.ufl.edu!ki4pv!cdis-1!tanner ...!bpa!cdin-1!cdis-1!tanner or... {allegra killer gatech!uflorida decvax!ucf-cs}!ki4pv!cdis-1!tanner