From:	loafman AT gte DOT net (Kenneth Loafman)
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Subject:	Re: [Q] expression evaluation order
Date:	8 Aug 1997 18:50:59 GMT
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On Thu, 07 Aug 1997 21:14:48 -0700, Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
wrote:

>Kenneth Loafman wrote:
>
>> Although not guaranteed, most C's stop evaluation once an ORing
>> expression
>> returns true from one of its expressions.  Another potential surprise.
>
>Where in the world do you get this?  ANSI C guarantees short circuiting
>for both && and ||.  Section 6.3.13:

As early as 1978 I knew that && was short circuiting, but I've run across a
couple of compilers that did not short circuit the || operation, i.e. A||B
could be evaluated in either order.

Now these may have been earlier compilers, non-ANSI and all that, but once
burned, I remember the problem that burned me and avoid it.

...Kenneth

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