From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/15/2025 9:40 AM, John Reagan wrote:   
   > On 8/15/2025 9:35 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >> On 8/15/2025 8:27 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-08-12, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >>>> Code:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> #include    
   >>>>   
   >>>> #include    
   >>>>   
   >>>> my_bool demo_init(UDF_INIT *initid, UDF_ARGS *args, char *message)   
   >>>> {   
   >>>>       if(args->arg_count == 2 && args->arg_type[0] == STRING_RESULT   
   &&   
   >>>> args->arg_type[1] == INT_RESULT)   
   >>>   
   >>> Is it guaranteed that arg_type[] will always have at least elements ?   
   >>> If not, that's dangerous unless the compiler you are using does   
   >>> expression short-circuiting.   
   >>   
   >> Isn't C required to do short circuiting on && ?   
   >   
   > Yes, C and C++ short-circuits.  Other languages may not.  For example,   
   > Pascal does promise short-circuit which is why our Pascal also provides   
                  ^not> an AND_THEN and OR_ELSE operator much like you find   
   in Ada.   
      
   VB.NET has AndAlso and OrElse.   
      
   But I believe most curly bracket languages inherited from   
   C in this regard.   
      
   Arne   
      
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