Re: hmm

> > > *p != '\0' && p[strlen(p) - 1] == '[' _still_ will read a byte p[-1].

&& is a McCarthy AND... if the first expression is not true, then by definition of the C language use of the operator, the second expression will not be evaluated.

The first expression is not true, so p[strlen(p) - 1] will never be evaluated.

That's the whole point of having McCarthy operators, aside from lazy people not using !0 as boolean "true" and wanting their code to still work for fear of bitwise AND.

					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org

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