>>  I'm presuming the compiler will compile this such that any one function
>> returning a fail will immediately cause the function to return false
>> without calling any further functions.  Is this a reasonable assumption,
>> and will it hold true for any (Ansi) C compiler?
>
> Yes, this your assumptions are correct, and this behaviour is required by
> the ANSI standard.

Microntroller C's tend to drift away from "full ansi compliance."  Does
anyone know for sure if any of the popular PIC C's WON'T handle the
short-cutting of the boolean expression correctly?

BillW

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