On Tue, 04 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> No, they're exactly the same.
I just recently read a C FAQ that points out that if the right template is in
scope, so that the compiler knows that strcmp returns a char* they are not
merely equivalent but REALLY exactly the same. Same parse tree is generated,
everything. There are some interesting subtlties with if(!expr) and if(expr
== 0) in a pointer context.
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Eckert"
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 12:56 PM
> Subject: RE: C question
>
>
> > Thanks to everyone for the suggestions for comparing a list of strings.
> For
> > now I think I'll stay with the if..else if.. for simplicity.
> >
> > One more question:
> >
> > To test two strings for equality, is there a difference between
> >
> > if (strcmp(s1, s2) == 0)
> > and
> > if (! strcmp(s1, s2))
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
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