++i++ in Plain English

[Blair P. Houghton]

In article <5ywa15w164w at cellar.UUCP> rogue at cellar.UUCP (Rogue Winter) writes:
>++i   Increment i and use the new value in expression (calculation).
>i++   Use [old] value of i in expression and THEN increment.
>All this talk about discarding values is confusing and misleading.  i retains
>its value until the function is exited (assuming i is local).

Yes, you're right, most of it is moot, but remember that
the entire operation is permitted to be "discarded" if
the value of i is never used again in the rest of its
current scope.

				--Blair
				  "Optimization is irrelevant
				   because it is not prohibited..."