> JB>>>>  for( s=target ; *s ; s++ ) {

 > BB>>     char *s=target;
 > BB>>     while(*s++) {...};

 > JB> but not equivalent.

 > How so?  These sure _look_ like they do the same
 > thing.

    No, they aren't exactly the same. To be identical the while version
would have to be:-

    char *s = target;
    while (*s != '\0') { ...; s++; (or ++s;)};

    The elision with post-increment makes no practical difference as far as
I can see, but what Darin and Jasen said is true. It would have been an
error to pre-increment s, because that would attempt to dereference
unallocated memory.

Best Wishes,
Bill.

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