Re: e1?(void_e2):(void_e3) so, is it legal or what?

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From: Brett Galloway
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1986 17:11

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In article <114@methods.UUCP> cary@methods.UUCP (Cary Timar (U of W co-op)) writes:
>In article <248@desint.UUCP> geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) writes:
>>
>>Unfortunately, Brett is incorrect here.  You can't use if/then/else to write:
>>
>>	for (i = up ? 0 : 99;  up ? (i < 100) : (i >= 0);  up ? i++ : i--)
>>	    {
>>	    /* complex loop body */
>>	    }
I don't know what I originally said.  What I MEANT to say was that the
'?:` operator is useful.  There are cases (such as within macros) where
if/then/else is not appropriate.  That's all.
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Brett Galloway
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From: brett@wjvax.UUCP (Brett Galloway)
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Subject: Re: e1?(void_e2):(void_e3)     so, is it legal or what?
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Date: Tue, 2-Sep-86 13:11:05 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  2 13:11:05 1986
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