On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 03:20:56PM +0100, Andreas Schweigstill wrote: > + /* Validate arguments */ > + if ((argc != 5) || (strlen(argv[3]) != 1)) { > + printf("Usage:\n%s\n", cmdtp->usage); > + return 1; > + } > > May we rely on the compiler optimizing the above expression so > strlen() != 1 will only be evaluated if argc == 5 ?
Short-circuit evaluation isn't optimization, it's the semantics of the C language. -Scott ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users