Date:	Thu, 07 Aug 1997 17:46:47 +0200
From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject:	Re: [Q] expression evaluation order
To:	xfesenko AT pacific DOT net DOT sg (Victor)
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Message-id:	<01IM60KCNPZE8WW0BY@mail>
Organization:	RWTH Aachen, III. physikalisches Institut B
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp

In article <5sbb1h$kvr$1 AT newton DOT pacific DOT net DOT sg> you wrote:
> Is it safe to assume that the expression 

> if(first_function()==OK && second_function()==OK &&
> third_function()==OK) return(OK);

> will be evaluated from left to right?

In contrast to the other answer I just had to see in the newsgroup:
*Yes*, this behaviour is even guaranteed by the ANSI C Standard,
and it was like that even before the Standard was written.

The so called 'short-circuiting' of logical expressions is what 
requires the fixed order of evaluation of terms here:

   if first_function() did *not* return 'OK', then none
      of the other functions need to be called: the result of
      the expression is 'false' anyway. So they won't be called.

HBB

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