Re: Bug found in v4 of Acorn C compiler

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From: Richard Earnshaw
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 09:35

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>    value = ( ( ( ( WORD ) fgetByte() ) << 8 ) | fgetByte() );
>  The variable 'value' appeared to be getting the two bytes around the wrong
>  way...

There is *nothing* in the C specification which defines the order in which the
calls to fgetByte() should be executed; indead the specification says quite
explicitly that such behaviour is *Implementation dependent*.  This is Not a
bug: if you wish to enforce a specific order you must code the calls as 
seperate statements.

Richard
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Richard Earnshaw
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
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