On 12-Sep-08 13:01, Gail wrote:
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> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>>   while(*v++ = *s++);
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>> I mean, what THE HELL...?

A nice example of language design inspired by hardware (and vice versa). 
May result in very fast code.

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> I doubt that's the recommended way of copying an array any longer

I don't think it is a problem as long as the string is known to be null 
terminated. Don't put it in a library though. These are bound to be used 
by people who have never heard of the concept of preconditions. Or 
yourself in a weak moment after midnight.

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