At 09:57 PM 9/30/99 , Mike Cheponis wrote:
>I like:  if ((msr&POW_BIT) && !(msr&ILE_BIT)) or
>
>          if (msr.pow && !msr.ile)
>
>
>Let the compiler smash the logicals & bits together efficiently.

But it can't.  The C language specifies that msr.pow if evaluates to
false then !msr.ile must not be evaluated.  This is so you can do

         if (foo != NULL && foo->bar)

Things get even nastier if you through volatile into the mess.
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