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06/25/07 04:15
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#141210 - The weird part
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Jeff said:
The original code is implementation dependent because even though the result is undefined by the language, a C compiler will try to generate code that does what it thinks you meant. Usually they guess right, but there's no guarantee.

The weird part is that none of the compilers I tried this on gave the slightest hint of a problem. I would have expected a warning message of some kind. I guess that's why there are tools like the one that Frieder mentioned.

-- Russ



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         The reason            01/01/70 00:00      
            The real reason???            01/01/70 00:00      
               welcome to the club            01/01/70 00:00      
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                     re: As I said            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Productivity?            01/01/70 00:00      
                           wrong comment            01/01/70 00:00      
                           re: Productivity            01/01/70 00:00      
                        that's IT            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Then again ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                              OK, is this better ?            01/01/70 00:00      
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                                       Order of operations            01/01/70 00:00      
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                                       Wrong?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          point proven            01/01/70 00:00      
         Real Work vs. Fooling Around            01/01/70 00:00      
            I got caught out recently            01/01/70 00:00      
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