Posted by Andy Hassall on 04/11/07 22:15

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:20:45 -0500, "Steve" <no.one@example.com> wrote:

>someone asked a question in alt.php about a problem they were having with an
>algorytm. it contained something to the effect of:
>
>$i = $i++;
>
>some example code they'd snatched somewhere. in a loop, the expected $i to
>increment. i explained why i thought it would not - as it does not. however,
>i want to make sure i gave a valid answer.
>
>anyone have input?

In C and C++ that's undefined. PHP is less formally defined and so it is even
more daft to try it.

http://c-faq.com/expr/seqpoints.html
http://c-faq.com/expr/ieqiplusplus.html

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