jv@mhres.mh.nl (Johan Vromans) (09/06/87)
>>What about all my code where I do something like: >> >> f = fopen(sprintf(buf, filename, seq_num++), ...); > >It has to become > > (void) sprintf(buf, filename, seq_num++); > f = fopen(buf, ...); > >>This seems like a gratuitous change to me ! > How about using the alternation operator (,) : f = fopen (((void) sprintf(buf, filename, seq_num++), buf), ...); For clarity, I would use a define like #define NEXTNAME(name,seq) ((void) sprintf(buf, name, seq++), buf) -- I have lots of programs which use statements like used += sprintf (buf+used, ....) One of us has to make changes.... -- -- Johan Vromans | jv@mh.nl via European backbone Multihouse N.V., Gouda, the Netherlands | uucp: ..{?????!}mcvax!mh.nl!jv "It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness"