[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (offtopic) C subscripts; was Re: Compiler-warnings

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 08:45:01AM +0100, Dirk Stoecker wrote:

> > Try:
> >       int *b = a + 5;
> >       ...
> >       printf("b[-1]=%d\n", b[-1]);
> > 
> 
> This is required often, when doing pointer arithmetics and accessing
> fields, which have already been processd (e.g. when using *(p++)) and
> for any reason needing it again.
> 
> But I prefer to use *(p-1) instead of p[-1], as this is much better style.

I'm no better programmer than you are, but I don't think mixing pointers
and subscripts is good style at all.

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Reinier