RE: Clever UNIX/C Constructs

In my introductory C class we had test questions like that and really vile
stuff with pointer arithmetic.  C syntax is very powerful and terse, but
since there's often a way to say the same thing (compiler translates it to
same executable code) more clearly, it seems to me that part of the reason
for the terseness is to allow people to show how clever they are at others'
expense. 

I like the increment (postfix only) operators and the combined
assignment/increment operators, though.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Langston [mailto:jimlangston@conexfreight.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 10:26 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Clever UNIX/C Constructs
> 
> 
> I've used += -= in C and they're okay, but I don't really need them.
> 
> The one I really find a headache is the ++ and -- cause that 
> just makes
> me have to think way to much to decipher a line of code.
> 
> Myvar(n++) += MyVar(--m)
> 
> That line of code is doing 3 different things at once.  
> 1. Subtracting 1 from m
> 2. Adding MyVar(m) to MyVar(n)
> 3. Adding 1 to n
> in that order.
> 
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