[Arryn]

Originally posted by General Tacticus:
How about :

a = 2d6;
b = 2d6;
if ( x + a < y + b ) ...

Don't tell me there's a compiler around daft enough to evaluate b before a in this case !

This should work just fine, under normal conditions.

EDIT: caveat: it actually is possible to force the compilers I've used into screwing this up. It involves tweaking settings so the compiler re-orders the statements so that it reads ...

b = a = 2d6

Which, of course, looks the same as your example to anyone who's not a gamer or mathematician. We know that 2 calls to "d6" do not necessarily return the same answer.

[ February 26, 2004, 09:01: Message edited by: Arryn ]