difference between c++; and ++c;

Blair P. Houghton bhoughto at nevin.intel.com
Tue Apr 9 17:30:57 AEST 1991


In article <389 at civet.ukc.ac.uk> mtr at ukc.ac.uk (M.T.Russell) writes:
>Notionally we have:
[...I have no joke here, I just like the proper use of the word "notionally..."]
[ :-) and I need a little inews-inclusion-meter fodder :-( ]
>   i++;	  "Save the current value of i, increment i then discard
>	   the value just saved"
>   ++i;   "Increment i then discard the resulting value"
>Obviously most compilers will generate exactly the same code for
>either case, but it is nice to express what you mean as directly as
>possible.

    i += 1;	"Increment i."

				--Blair
				  "Notionally, 'mu.'"



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