From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: printf bug ???
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 18:45:33 -0700
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Bob Lied wrote:

> The solution is, "Don't do that."  The order of parameter
> evaluation is compiler-dependent, and the order of applying
> multiple post-increments is compiler-dependent. Depending on
> the compiler, you could also get "1 1 2", "1 2 3", or "3 3 3".

Printing "0 0 0" or crashing would, perhaps surprisingly, be acceptable
from a perfectly ANSI compliant compiler.

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