Re: XC8 novice question

From	Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de>
Newsgroups	comp.arch.embedded
Subject	Re: XC8 novice question
Date	2016-09-13 00:16 +0200
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Am 12.09.2016 um 23:11 schrieb David Brown:
> On 12/09/16 17:19, Don Y wrote:
>> On 9/12/2016 5:35 AM, David Brown wrote:

>> Nowadays, you would see this as:
>>     x -= 1 ;
>
> That is a completely different statement.

In Standard C it is.  _Very_ early in the development of the language 
the syntax had a loophole that caused some compilers to parse "x =- 1;" 
as if one had written "x -= 1;"

That's water 30+ years under the bridge, though.  Even Lint has given up 
warning about this particular idiom long ago.

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XC8 novice question rwood <rwoodl@nowhere.com> - 2016-09-11 15:02 +0800
  Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-11 02:55 -0700
    Re: XC8 novice question rwood <rwoodl@nowhere.com> - 2016-09-11 18:25 +0800
      Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-11 13:35 +0200
        Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-11 07:32 -0700
          Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-11 16:58 +0200
            Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-11 13:15 -0700
              Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 08:55 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-12 02:41 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question Mike Perkins <spam@spam.com> - 2016-09-12 13:16 +0100
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 14:56 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Mike Perkins <spam@spam.com> - 2016-09-12 14:33 +0100
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 16:11 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-09-12 07:50 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 22:23 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2016-09-12 15:34 -0500
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-12 08:44 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 14:35 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-12 08:19 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 23:11 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Dennis <dennis@none.none> - 2016-09-12 17:04 -0500
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-12 22:49 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-13 09:04 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2016-09-13 00:16 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-12 21:22 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-13 12:25 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Dennis <dennis@none.none> - 2016-09-13 10:22 -0500
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-13 20:08 +0200
            Re: XC8 novice question rwood <rwoodl@nowhere.com> - 2016-09-12 16:50 +0800
          Re: XC8 novice question Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-09-11 17:13 +0100
            Re: XC8 novice question Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-09-11 17:19 +0100
              Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 09:00 +0200
      Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-11 07:28 -0700
    Re: XC8 novice question upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-09-11 13:56 +0300
      Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-11 13:28 +0200
      Re: XC8 novice question Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2016-09-11 13:36 +0200
        Re: XC8 novice question upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-09-11 16:14 +0300
          Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-11 07:57 -0700
          Re: XC8 novice question Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2016-09-12 22:52 +0200
            Re: XC8 novice question upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-09-13 10:11 +0300
              Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-13 01:11 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-09-13 13:24 +0300
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-13 12:39 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-13 15:41 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-09-14 09:07 +0300
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-13 23:29 -0700
      Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-11 07:50 -0700
  Re: XC8 novice question Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2016-09-11 13:42 +0200
  Re: XC8 novice question Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2016-09-11 20:14 -0500
  Re: XC8 novice question rwood <rwoodl@nowhere.com> - 2016-09-12 16:54 +0800
    Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 11:05 +0200
      Re: XC8 novice question rwood <rwoodl@nowhere.com> - 2016-09-12 18:48 +0800
  Re: XC8 novice question John Temples <usenet@xargs-spam.com> - 2016-09-12 17:33 +0000

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