c programming style - READ THIS

Peter da Silva peter at baylor.UUCP
Tue Aug 13 05:19:30 AEST 1985


> > Well, you should know that `++' and `--' *ONLY* works on variables of type
> > scalar, where a there is a defined successor or predecessor
> 
> No, I didn't know that.  Then again, neither did Kernighan nor Ritchie.  See

Ritchie, did... since the Ritchie 'C' compiler complains about (float)++,
claiming it's not a scalar (or words to that effect). At least it did as
of Nov '80... I haven't tried since then.
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