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Article #9451Re: sizeof (int) - 1
From: Dale Worley
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1986 20:04
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1986 20:04
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> It is interesting that the expression > sizeof (int) - 1 > is ambiguous in C, for it can be parsed as > sizeof ((int)(- 1)) > or as > (sizeof(int)) - 1 > > Think about it! Both K&R (App. A, 7.2) and Harbison&Steele (7.4.2) note that it is ambiguous on the face of it, and that it is to be resolved in favor of (sizeof (int)) - 1 Dale
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