Question 3.5

But what about the && and || operators?
I see code like ``while((c = getchar()) != EOF && c != '\n')'' ...

There is a special exception for those operators (as well as the ?: operator): left-to-right evaluation is guaranteed (as is an intermediate sequence point, see question 3.8). Any book on C should make this clear.

References: K&R1 Sec. 2.6 p. 38, Secs. A7.11-12 pp. 190-1
K&R2 Sec. 2.6 p. 41, Secs. A7.14-15 pp. 207-8
ANSI Sec. 3.3.13, Sec. 3.3.14, Sec. 3.3.15
ISO Sec. 6.3.13, Sec. 6.3.14, Sec. 6.3.15
H&S Sec. 7.7 pp. 217-8, Sec. 7.8 pp. 218-20, Sec. 7.12.1 p. 229
CT&P Sec. 3.7 pp. 46-7

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