Re: [Bug-gsl] array, vector indices out-of-bounds in "linalg/bidiag.c"

[Gerard Jungman]

On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 15:14 +0100, Brian Gough wrote:

> I've played with a few variations and found that the alternative
> 
>   for (i = N; i-- > 0;)

Bah. I would just use the simple version he suggests

> >   for (i = 0; i < N; i++) { j = N - i; ... }

The extra variable is perfectly reasonable.


> I never really liked code that depends on the distinction between --i
> and i--, being burned a few times by subtle bugs from not noticing the
> wrong one being used, hence the tendency to write things like i>0 &&
> i--.

I agree. The simple version is the best though.

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G. Jungman