On 04/09/17 15:28, Toebs Douglass wrote: > On 04/09/17 14:24, Mason wrote: >> I suggest asking in the comp.lang.c Usenet newsgroup. >> You will find experts who know the standard inside-out. Yes, that's the place to go for a question like this. > > (And who also have essentially trivial but noticeable personality > disorders ;-) > Hey, we in comp.lang.c don't /all/ have personality disorders! And some of the regulars have disorders that are far beyond the trivial :-) But there are also people who will be happy to explain things like the OP's question - both from the viewpoint of helping someone unfamiliar with C, and from the intricacies of the C standards.