From:	clc5q AT cobra DOT cs DOT Virginia DOT EDU (Clark L. Coleman)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: short circuit evaluation
Date:	2 Apr 1999 01:46:56 GMT
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In article <37035dc9 DOT 12582870 AT news DOT snafu DOT de>,
Horst Kraemer <horst DOT kraemer AT snafu DOT de> wrote:
>On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 18:49:55 +0200, "Bonifati" <abonifati AT telsa DOT it>
>wrote:
>
>> I'm a beginner in C.
>> I need to disable/enable complete bool eval in RHide.
>> I have found nothing about short circuit evaluation in rhide or djgpp
>> manuals.
>> what's the trick?
>
>
>You don't need it and there is no trick. Complete boolean evaluation
>has never existed in C and will never exist.
>
>If you would need full evaluation once a year, you would write
>
>	i = f();
>	if (i || g()) /* or  if (i && g()) */

How does this force full evaluation? Shouldn't he try:

i = f();
j = g();
if (i || j)


wherever he wanted a full evaluation of:

if (f() || g())

????

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