Re: max of 3

From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: max of 3
Date	2020-08-22 19:42 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> On 22/08/2020 10:54, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> axel porin <porinaxel@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> int main(){
>>>      int a=2,b=-4,c=6;
>>>     printf("%d ",max3(a,b,c));
>>
>> I'm curious.  Why not write
>>
>>    printf("%d\n", max3(2, -4, 6));
>>
>> ?
>
> I'm surprised at this advice.

Advice?  I asked a question!

> Presumably the intention is to eventually have a, b and c populated by
> other means (eg. from the user), but values are currently hardcoded.
>
> And maybe the values will be printed out first, or as part of the output:
>
>    printf("Max3(%d, %d, %d) = %d\n", a,b,c, max3(a,b,c));
>
> This all becomes harder with your suggestion.

Both would be reasonable answers to me question.  But I wanted the OP to
say.  It is not impossible that the OP is not entirely sure how function
calling works, so I asked a question.

-- 
Ben.

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