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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: printf() and commutative operations problem
Keywords: C printf
Message-ID: <13002@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 8 May 89 22:21:41 GMT
References: <etc...> <15580@gryphon.COM>
Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Organization: Interactive Systems, Boston
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In article <15580@gryphon.COM> joe@gryphon.COM (Joseph Francis) writes:
>[Why not have a variant of the comma punctuator that does guarantee L-R?]

Because it's not useful enough to be worth adding the baggage to the language
definition.  If such a construct existed, I seriously doubt that it would get
anywhere near as much use as `&&' does.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint