On 08 January 2008 15:36, Dave Korn wrote: > On 07 January 2008 21:15, Mark Mendell wrote: > >> A question was raised: Are side effects in the second parameter guaranteed >> to be executed? Is it valid for a compiler to ignore any side effects? > > That perked up my curiosity: > > " The value of C must be a compile-time constant. " > > Can a compile-time constant have run-time side-effects? I couldn't think > up an example off the top of my head...
Ah, I thought of one, nevermind, sorry for the noise... cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today....