Thread: C++ Help, Please. Thank You.
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Old 11-29-2010, 12:52 PM   #3
Flint
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This is because !(a) is actually calling a().
No. It isn't. It is crucial for you to realize that this is where you are wrong.

!(a) where (a) is a bool function evaluates true or false, it doesn't literally execute the function.



Really, it doesn't. It doesn't do that.



Really.
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