Re: Comparison misses a true in *some* cases

AFAIK is the order of evaluation not predictable, that is in

$left_idx++ if $store->[$left_idx] < $start;
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$left_idx might be increased before or after the if.

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Re: Re: Comparison misses a true in some cases by japhy (Canon) on Apr 06, 2001 at 20:58 UTC
No, I'm afraid you're wrong. That would be a terribly bad bug. In an `if` statement, the condition (`$store->[$left_idx] < $start`) MUST be evaluated before the execution of that which DEPENDS on the condition (`$left_idx++`). `japhy` -- Perl and Regex Hacker	[reply]
Re: Re: Comparison misses a true in some cases by jeroenes (Priest) on Apr 06, 2001 at 19:31 UTC
Well, I never had problems with that before. But even if this is the case, that wouldn't explain the behavior nor the workaround. Jeroen "We are not alone"(FZ)	[reply]