a style question

[AthanasiosTom Zougas]

john at IASTATE.EDU (Hascall John Paul) writes:

>    What is the generally preferred usage?  Or does it matter at all?

>        ++x;   or   x++;

>    I find myself using ++x (which in my mind I attribute to some long gone,
>  brain-damaged optimizer from my past -- but I still persist).  My `favorite'
>  is:

>        --x;   and   x++;         (pre-decrement, post-increment!!!)

I prefer using ++x (or --x) to represent the fact that I'm _operating_ on 'x'.
And it makes sense to have unary operators lead their operands. N'est pas?

Tom.

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