Re: [Vala] Why the temporary variables in the C code are usefull ?

[Jim Peters <jim uazu net>]

Jacques-Pascal Deplaix wrote:
> What are the side effects corrected by the temporary variables ?

Unwanted side effects can happen if you evaluate an expression more
than once, e.g. if you substituted the full expression for every
_tmp2_ in the C code.  Expressions with side-effects include function
calls and stuff which modifies variables, e.g. p++.  You don't want to
do 'p++' twice or call the function twice.

As the other poster said, C compilers are very good at optimising away
temporary variables.

Jim

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