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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: 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.