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>I'm working in Megamax C, and I noticed a problem while I was in the
>debugger.  It comes from these statements:
>
>	for (i = ntables; i--; ) <statement>
>	if (i == -1) <more statements>
>
>I would expect this to get the value of i, decrement the stored value,
>and then exit or execute the statement.  Rather, it tests the value
>before it decrements, and the loop exits with i = 0.  Is this a bug
>in the code generation, or is C supposed to do this?
>
>	Greg

NEVER confuse the For statement - for(pre-int,test,re-init) <statement block>

Try the following:

	for (i = ntables;;i--) <statement>
	if (i == -1) < more statements>


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