Documentation bug for __builtin_choose_expr
Robert Dewar
dewar@gnat.com
Mon Nov 22 18:58:00 GMT 2004
Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org> writes:
>
>
>> This built-in function is analogous to the `? :' operator in C,
>> except that the expression returned has its type unaltered by
>> promotion rules. Unlike most built-in functions, but like the
>> `? :' operator, this built-in function does not evaluate the
>> expression that was not chosen. For example, if CONST_EXP
>> evaluates to true, EXP2 is not evaluated even if it has
>> side-effects.
>
>
> IMHO, "but like the `? :' operator" could be removed without any negative
> impact (anyone who doesn't know how the ?: operator should not look at
> builtins either :-) ).
Why remove it? It only makes things clearer ... Documentation is about
making things clear, we are not writing a language standard here, where
redundancy is to be avoided. Perhaps it would make things clearer to put
this parenthetical remark in parentheses
>
> Andreas.
>
>> This built-in function is analogous to the `? :' operator in C,
>> except that the expression returned has its type unaltered by
>> promotion rules. Unlike most built-in functions (but like the
>> `? :' operator), this built-in function does not evaluate the
>> expression that was not chosen. For example, if CONST_EXP
>> evaluates to true, EXP2 is not evaluated even if it has
>> side-effects.
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