Re: Funny loop with post-increment.

Jon Skeet <[email protected]> Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:39:17 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.windows.devel.dotnet.clr
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Ryan Heath wrote:
> For one reason I had always thought C# had abandoned this peculiar C++
> feature...

Which feature exactly?

> Anyone know why C# has this feature, its obvious that still people are
> confused of it.

> Wasn't C# about getting things *simpler and easier* than its cousins C/C++ ?

And it is - I believe the result is undefined in C++. C# clearly defines
what the result should be.

Now code like this should be avoided, certainly - but try prohibiting it
within the language spec! (The spec would be very, very tricky to get
right - and it might not even be possible.)

Jon

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