Re: [C and C++] && Operator precedence

Anand Hariharan wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:20:31 +0000, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> (...)
>> Does it work that way in C and C++?  I didn't expect it to, but that
>> code example implies that you can do:
>>
>> if (p)...
>>
>> and if p is defined it evaluates as true and if p isn't defined, it
>> evaluates as false.
>>
> 
> The word 'definition' has a very precise meaning in C and C++.  If
> 'p' were not to be defined, the code would not compile.

Yes 'definition' has a very precise meaning but not quite what you 
think. For the code to compile it only needs to have been declared 
(names are declared, the entities they name are defined)

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