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Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever?

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Language Lawyer <language.lawyer@gmail.com> writes:

>> Section 7.4 is written with the assumption that there  will be two
>> operands being treated, but in this case there is  only one.  Thus a
>> solution is to revise 7.4 so it addresses the  more general scenario
>> of converting one or more operands.
>
> Or explicitly say in [expr.add] that the promotion is performed on
> the integer or enumeration operand,

Seems like a bandaid.  I think it would be better to add a case
to the usual arithmetic conversions that covers the case of a
pointer and a non-pointer.

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`bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-08-15 10:45 -0700
  Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-15 20:09 +0200
    Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-08-15 11:29 -0700
      Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-08-15 11:35 -0700
      Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-15 21:20 +0200
        Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2022-08-15 13:49 -0700
        Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-08-15 13:59 -0700
          Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-16 09:12 +0200
            Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-08-16 09:56 -0700
              Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-09-15 07:18 -0700
                Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? Language Lawyer <language.lawyer@gmail.com> - 2022-09-19 03:28 -0700
                Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-10-02 12:37 -0700
  Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-08-15 14:36 -0700
    Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-15 14:57 -0700
  Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-08-16 21:13 +0200
  Re: `bool` in pointer arithmetic: when does the promotion occur, if ever? Language Lawyer <language.lawyer@gmail.com> - 2022-08-17 09:08 -0700

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