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Re: expression evaluation

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Oct 18, 2004
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jiri babor wrote:
> Robert Craig wrote:
> > jiri babor wrote:
> >> can I safely assume strict left-to-right expression evaluation (unless, of
> >> course,
> >> mandated otherwise by the precedence of operators)?
> >
> > Yes. That's the general rule, though I'd feel safer
> > if you would give a specific example.
> 
> 
> Thanks, Robert. Is the following fragment specific enough?
> 
>     object result
>     integer level
> 
>     function foo(...)
>         ...
>         level = ...
>         return ...
>     end function
> 
>     ...
>     result = foo(...) * level
> 
> 
> In the last line: is foo() always evaluated first, so that level is
> appropriately set?

Yes.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com