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[Stanislaw L. Olejniczak]

PLEASE don't flame for posting too simple a question.  I think the following
SHOULD work, but will not even compile:
	while ( (c = getchar) != EOF)
		chcnt++ += (c == '\n');
The purpose is to count characters in a file.  Each time a newline is
encountered an additional character should be counted: when the file is
transferred, a newline is CR-LF combination.  A person I much respect for his C
knowledge told me that this would be too complex for a compiler.  I would
appreciate if some other people would express their opinion if the statement is
legal in C.  chcnt is a long int, c is a char.
Many thanks!
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