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Re: is "x = ++f ++f" a valid statement ?

From	Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: is "x = ++f ++f" a valid statement ?
Date	2024-06-23 14:25 -0400
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On 6/23/24 8:59 AM, olcott wrote:
> On 6/23/2024 6:32 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
>> On 6/22/24 10:51 PM, olcott wrote:
>>> On 5/23/2024 9:14 AM, Bonita Montero wrote:
>>>> Is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ?
>>>> Or is there implementation defined behaviour ?
>>>
>>> For that specific case the result would seem to be identical
>>> no matter the sequence of the incrementations for int type: f.
>>> I might not understand this fully.
>>>
>>
>> Nope, the issue is that increment isn't an atomic operation, but the 
>> storing of the incremented result is allowed to happen at any point 
>> prior to the end expression it is part of. (In older terms, the 
>> sequence point);
>>
>> If f was a user defined type, with a user define operator++ then yes, 
>> it is bracketed with sequencing and the two will not overlap, but not 
>> for primative types.
> 
> It is not f++, it is ++f meaning the the operation must occur before
> the value is accessed.
> 

But the writing back of the result does not.

The ++ and -- operators are NOT defined to be in any way "atomic".

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is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2024-05-23 16:14 +0200
  Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2024-06-18 18:53 -0700
    Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2024-06-19 17:40 +0200
    Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-06-21 16:55 -0500
      Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-06-21 18:10 -0400
        Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-06-21 18:06 -0500
          Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-06-21 20:14 -0400
          Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-21 17:35 -0700
            Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-06-21 22:58 -0500
              Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-21 23:18 -0700
                Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-06-22 07:38 -0500
                Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-06-22 09:45 -0400
                Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-06-22 09:13 -0500
                Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-06-22 10:23 -0400
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            Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-06-21 23:02 -0500
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                Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-06-22 13:20 -0400
                Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-22 17:55 -0700
                Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? PLO David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-06-23 14:46 +0200
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  Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-06-18 22:27 -0400
  Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-06-22 21:51 -0500
    Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-22 21:51 -0700
    Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-06-23 07:32 -0400
      Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-06-23 07:59 -0500
        Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-06-23 14:25 -0400
          Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-06-23 14:18 -0500
            Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-06-23 16:23 -0400
              Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-06-24 09:11 +0200
  Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? what@tf.com (testuseri2p) - 2024-07-22 17:51 +0000
    Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-07-22 14:58 -0700
    Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-07-22 21:57 -0400
      Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-07-22 20:40 -0700
        Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-07-23 10:15 -0400
        Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-07-23 07:28 -0700
          Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-07-23 14:42 -0700
            Re: is "x *= ++f * ++f" a valid statement ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-07-23 15:05 -0700
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