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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Old-fashioned assignment operators (was Re: braces
Message-ID: <8556@alice.UUCP>
Date: 17 Dec 88 15:37:47 GMT
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In article <2155@uokmax.UUCP>, rmtodd@uokmax.UUCP (Richard Michael Todd) writes:

>   The question I have is, what exactly *is* the correct interpretation of
> x=-y in modern C? As mentioned before, the Encore cc interprets it as

The correct modern interpretation is x=(-y).

See ``C Traps and Pitfalls,'' page 8.
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				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@europa.att.com