Deep question for the REAL C GURU's out there ...

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 15:58, Ben Duncan wrote:
> Thanks Kurt ...
> 
> <SNIP>
> > 
> > Nope. It's a common idiom. Quick, without looking, tell me if the 
> > pointer dereference happens before or after ms_counter is incremented.
> 
> ohhh ohhh chose me chose me ... I precedence the operators are presented in the order of 
> their presentation. Since -> and postfix ++ ARE equal, the deference will happen
> first, then the increment of the value. However, you are right, since the INTENT here is
> to increment the value, and the target of SLAG prolly are NOT going to be such C GURUS's
> - as here on the list -, clarity would be ptr->counter = ptr->counter + 1

update the value:	++(ptr->counter)

update the pointer:	(++ptr)->counter

get a new hobby:	++ptr->counter

It is another one of my quirks. I explicitly specify ordering. Never
trust a compiler more than you need to.

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