Hi,
I was reading the faqs from c-faq.com and on the C Preprocesor Section
in question 10.27 there is a piece of code:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ",
__FILE__,__LINE__),printf("i is %d", i);
That I quite don't understand. Whats the comma for?. I thought it
should be changed for a ;
I tried it in a program and it that prints out
DEBUG: "main.c", line 10: i is 3
giving i the value 3. In this case it gives the same output if the
comma was changed for a ;.
I don't understand what it is used for how how it works.
TIA 16 1204
Emilio wrote: Hi, I was reading the faqs from c-faq.com and on the C Preprocesor Section in question 10.27 there is a piece of code:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ", __FILE__,__LINE__),printf("i is %d", i);
That I quite don't understand. Whats the comma for?. I thought it should be changed for a ;
I tried it in a program and it that prints out
DEBUG: "main.c", line 10: i is 3
giving i the value 3. In this case it gives the same output if the comma was changed for a ;.
I don't understand what it is used for how how it works.
Try it both ways (with comma and with semicolon)
in a context like
if (i < 0)
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ",
__FILE__,__LINE__), printf("i is %d", i);
.... and be sure to try both negative and positive values
of `i'. Ask again if it's still confusing.
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what I wanted to know is why use
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ", __FILE__,__LINE__),
printf("i is %d", i);
and not
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ", __FILE__,__LINE__);
printf("i is %d", i);
I've been searching and it's the comma operator that bugs me. I don'
see why to use it with printf expressions in macros( this example is
from the expanded macro from the c faq.
Btw i value does not chand the printed output
Right, I think I've got it.
The porpoises of the macro in the faq was to have several expression
executed as one. One way to do it would be
#define onemacro(p) do { print1(...); print2(...); } while(0)
print1 and print2 are execued in the same block
which is the same as
#define onemacro(p) print1(...), print2(...);
Actually is in quesion 10.4 of the faq :-)
I missed it the first time :-)
"Emilio" <pe****@gmail.com> writes: I was reading the faqs from c-faq.com and on the C Preprocesor Section in question 10.27 there is a piece of code:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ", __FILE__,__LINE__),printf("i is %d", i);
That I quite don't understand. Whats the comma for?. I thought it should be changed for a ;
I tried it in a program and it that prints out
DEBUG: "main.c", line 10: i is 3
giving i the value 3. In this case it gives the same output if the comma was changed for a ;.
I don't understand what it is used for how how it works.
It's a comma operator. It evaluates its left operand (and discards
the result), then it evaluates the right operand and yields its
result.
It can be a little confusing because the comma is used for other
things as well (such as separating function arguments).
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"Emilio" <pe****@gmail.com> writes: Actually is in quesion 10.4 of the faq :-) I missed it the first time :-)
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Emilio wrote: I was reading the faqs from c-faq.com and on the C Preprocesor Section in question 10.27 there is a piece of code:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ", __FILE__,__LINE__),printf("i is %d", i);
That I quite don't understand. Whats the comma for?. I thought it should be changed for a ;
I assume you are worrying about the comma in "),printf". It is
actually very poor code leading to undefined behaviour, IMNSHO. A
clearer (and more likely correct) version might be:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: i is %d",
__FILE__, __LINE__, i);
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CBFalconer <cb********@yahoo.com> writes: Emilio wrote: I was reading the faqs from c-faq.com and on the C Preprocesor Section in question 10.27 there is a piece of code:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ", __FILE__,__LINE__),printf("i is %d", i);
That I quite don't understand. Whats the comma for?. I thought it should be changed for a ;
I assume you are worrying about the comma in "),printf". It is actually very poor code leading to undefined behaviour, IMNSHO. A clearer (and more likely correct) version might be:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: i is %d", __FILE__, __LINE__, i);
The code in the FAQ shouldn't lead to undefined behavior if used
properly.
Here's the macro definition from the FAQ:
#define DEBUG printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ", \
__FILE__,__LINE__),printf
Then this:
DEBUG("i is %d", i);
expands to:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ",
__FILE__,__LINE__),printf("i is %d", i);
It's tricksy, but it works.
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CBFalconer wrote: Emilio wrote:
I was reading the faqs from c-faq.com and on the C Preprocesor Section in question 10.27 there is a piece of code:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ", __FILE__,__LINE__),printf("i is %d", i);
That I quite don't understand. Whats the comma for?. I thought it should be changed for a ;
I assume you are worrying about the comma in "),printf". It is actually very poor code leading to undefined behaviour, IMNSHO. A clearer (and more likely correct) version might be:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: i is %d", __FILE__, __LINE__, i);
Could you explain your NSHO? What is it in the original
that might provoke undefined behavior? (Let's assume that the
fragment appears in an executable context, with an appropriate
declaration of `i' in scope, with <stdio.h> included, and that
the program will eventually output a newline -- what is it about
the fragment itself that troubles you?)
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"Keith Thompson" <ks***@mib.org> wrote It's a comma operator. It evaluates its left operand (and discards the result), then it evaluates the right operand and yields its result.
It can be a little confusing because the comma is used for other things as well (such as separating function arguments).
It is also the first time I've seen one used, since as long as I can
remember.
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On 2006-05-14, Eric Sosman <es*****@acm-dot-org.invalid> wrote: CBFalconer wrote: Emilio wrote:
I was reading the faqs from c-faq.com and on the C Preprocesor Section in question 10.27 there is a piece of code:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ", __FILE__,__LINE__),printf("i is %d", i);
That I quite don't understand. Whats the comma for?. I thought it should be changed for a ;
I assume you are worrying about the comma in "),printf". It is actually very poor code leading to undefined behaviour, IMNSHO. A clearer (and more likely correct) version might be:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: i is %d", __FILE__, __LINE__, i);
Could you explain your NSHO? What is it in the original that might provoke undefined behavior? (Let's assume that the fragment appears in an executable context, with an appropriate declaration of `i' in scope, with <stdio.h> included, and that the program will eventually output a newline -- what is it about the fragment itself that troubles you?)
I wonder if in the former version the second printf expression could be
evaluated before the first one?
Ben C wrote: On 2006-05-14, Eric Sosman <es*****@acm-dot-org.invalid> wrote:
CBFalconer wrote:
Emilio wrote:
I was reading the faqs from c-faq.com and on the C Preprocesor Section in question 10.27 there is a piece of code:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ", __FILE__,__LINE__),printf("i is %d", i);
That I quite don't understand. Whats the comma for?. I thought it should be changed for a ;
I assume you are worrying about the comma in "),printf". It is actually very poor code leading to undefined behaviour, IMNSHO. A clearer (and more likely correct) version might be:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: i is %d", __FILE__, __LINE__, i);
Could you explain your NSHO? What is it in the original that might provoke undefined behavior? (Let's assume that the fragment appears in an executable context, with an appropriate declaration of `i' in scope, with <stdio.h> included, and that the program will eventually output a newline -- what is it about the fragment itself that troubles you?)
I wonder if in the former version the second printf expression could be evaluated before the first one?
No, by the properties of the comma operator. The
left operand is guaranteed to be evaluated first, and
there is a sequence point before starting to evaluate
the right operand. That's why I'm perplexed by CBF's
uneasiness.
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On 2006-05-14, Ben C <sp******@spam.eggs> wrote: On 2006-05-14, Eric Sosman <es*****@acm-dot-org.invalid> wrote: CBFalconer wrote: Emilio wrote:
I was reading the faqs from c-faq.com and on the C Preprocesor Section in question 10.27 there is a piece of code:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ", __FILE__,__LINE__),printf("i is %d", i);
That I quite don't understand. Whats the comma for?. I thought it should be changed for a ;
I assume you are worrying about the comma in "),printf". It is actually very poor code leading to undefined behaviour, IMNSHO. A clearer (and more likely correct) version might be:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: i is %d", __FILE__, __LINE__, i);
Could you explain your NSHO? What is it in the original that might provoke undefined behavior? (Let's assume that the fragment appears in an executable context, with an appropriate declaration of `i' in scope, with <stdio.h> included, and that the program will eventually output a newline -- what is it about the fragment itself that troubles you?)
I wonder if in the former version the second printf expression could be evaluated before the first one?
No it can't be, I just checked.
Malcolm <re*******@btinternet.com> wrote: It is also the first time I've seen one used, since as long as I can remember.
I haven't looked at the FAQ to see what the rationale for using it
was, but I can say that the only time I've used the comma operator was
to hack around a compiler bug.
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Eric Sosman wrote: Ben C wrote: On 2006-05-14, Eric Sosman <es*****@acm-dot-org.invalid> wrote:
CBFalconer wrote:
Emilio wrote:
>I was reading the faqs from c-faq.com and on the C Preprocesor >Section in question 10.27 there is a piece of code: > >printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: ", > __FILE__,__LINE__),printf("i is %d", i); > >That I quite don't understand. Whats the comma for?. I thought >it should be changed for a ;
I assume you are worrying about the comma in "),printf". It is actually very poor code leading to undefined behaviour, IMNSHO. A clearer (and more likely correct) version might be:
printf("DEBUG: \"%s\", line %d: i is %d", __FILE__, __LINE__, i);
Could you explain your NSHO? What is it in the original that might provoke undefined behavior? (Let's assume that the fragment appears in an executable context, with an appropriate declaration of `i' in scope, with <stdio.h> included, and that the program will eventually output a newline -- what is it about the fragment itself that troubles you?)
I wonder if in the former version the second printf expression could be evaluated before the first one?
No, by the properties of the comma operator. The left operand is guaranteed to be evaluated first, and there is a sequence point before starting to evaluate the right operand. That's why I'm perplexed by CBF's uneasiness.
I misread it, and had the 2nd printf as an argument to the DEBUG.
I still don't like it.
IMNSHO = in my not so humble opinion.
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Christopher Benson-Manica wrote: Malcolm <re*******@btinternet.com> wrote:
It is also the first time I've seen one used, since as long as I can remember.
I haven't looked at the FAQ to see what the rationale for using it was, but I can say that the only time I've used the comma operator was to hack around a compiler bug.
A common use, at least for me, is in for initialization and
looping:
for (x = 0, y = 1, z = 2; x < MAX; x++, y--) {
/* stuff using x, y, z */
}
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