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From Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> writes:
[...]
> It appears the statement expressions are a gcc extension which does
> not even compile in standard C++, and is probably not needed for
> anything in C++ as there are better options like templated and inlined
> functions.
> In C there might be some usage case for it.
[...]

Statement expressions don't compile in *standard* C or C++.

gcc supports them as an extension for both C and C++ (and Objective-C).

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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