Re: Iterating over an array style question
On Sun, 28 Nov 2010, Stanimir Stamenkov wrote:
Here's an interesting example from JLS ?15.7 which makes clear how
evaluation order and operator precedence are quite different:
class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int a = 9;
a += (a = 3); // first example
System.out.println(a);
6!
int b = 9;
b = b + (b = 3); // second example
12!
System.out.println(b);
}
}
prints:
12
12
Huh. You learn something new every day. On reflection, i'm glad it's 12,
because it means, i think, that a += b is always equivalent to a = a + b,
which strikes me as a good thing.
Personally, i never use += (except occasionally in for loop update
clauses), precisely because it trips up people who don't know every detail
of the language, like me.
tom
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