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Re: Prefix and postfix

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c, comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Prefix and postfix
Followup-To	comp.lang.java.programmer
Date	2015-12-07 11:46 -0800
Organization	None to speak of
Message-ID	<lnr3iynisf.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink)
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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:
> glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
>>For comparison purposes, Java has assignment expressions as
>>statements.
>
>   In Java, assignment expressions are not statements.

No, but as in C, adding a semicolon to an assignment expression makes
it a statement, specifically an ExpressionStatement.  (Unlike C,
Java doesn't permit adding a semicolon to *any* expression to form
a statement, but an assignment is one of the subset of expressions
that can be used in an ExpressionStatement.)

If you're going to quibble about punctuation in a forum that may
not be familiar with the language you're discussing, it would be
helpful to mention what you're doing.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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Re: Prefix and postfix Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-12-07 11:46 -0800
  Re: Prefix and postfix glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-12-08 01:07 +0000
  Re: Prefix and postfix Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2015-12-15 22:13 +0100

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