Re: sequence points and printf()

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Keith Thompson wrote:
> 
> Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl@earthlink.net> writes:
> > On 12/1/2011 1:06 AM, arnuld wrote:
> >> But as per C-FAQs here:  http://c-faq.com/expr/seqpoints.html
> >>
> >> comma operator defined a sequence point and I see comma is present
> >> between printf() arguments
> >> but I am not sure if this "comma" is called as
> >> "comma operator" ?
> >
> > Commas between arguments are punctuation and not comma operators.
> 
> Right.
> 
> A terminology quibble: comma *operators* are also punctuation.

I think that Martin Ambuhl meant to say:

"Commas between arguments are punctuators and not comma operators."

-- 
pete

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sequence points and printf() arnuld <sunrise@invalid.address> - 2011-12-01 06:06 +0000
  Re: sequence points and printf() pacman@kosh.dhis.org (Alan Curry) - 2011-12-01 06:13 +0000
  Re: sequence points and printf() Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl@earthlink.net> - 2011-12-01 02:19 -0500
    Re: sequence points and printf() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-01 06:55 -0800
      Re: sequence points and printf() pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-12-01 11:01 -0500
  Re: sequence points and printf() "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-12-01 11:18 +0000
    Re: sequence points and printf() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-01 07:03 -0800
    Re: sequence points and printf() Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-01 17:04 +0200
    Re: sequence points and printf() lawrence.jones@siemens.com - 2011-12-01 09:59 -0500
      Re: sequence points and printf() Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-12-01 20:48 -0500
    Re: sequence points and printf() Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-01 20:08 +0000
  Re: sequence points and printf() Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-12-01 11:59 +0000
  Re: sequence points and printf() Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-01 20:08 +0000
  Re: sequence points and printf() August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2011-12-01 23:17 +0100
    Re: sequence points and printf() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-01 14:35 -0800
    Re: sequence points and printf() Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-12-01 23:02 +0000
    Re: sequence points and printf() James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-12-01 20:13 -0500
      Re: sequence points and printf() Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-12-02 02:09 +0000
        Re: sequence points and printf() August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2011-12-03 17:23 +0100
  Re: sequence points and printf() Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@hotmail.it> - 2011-12-09 18:33 +0100

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