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Re: Description of "." operator

From Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr>
Newsgroups comp.std.c
Subject Re: Description of "." operator
Date 2012-12-10 00:35 +0100
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Am 08.12.2012 19:43, schrieb Keith Thompson:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
>> N1570 6.5.2.3p3 says:
>>
>>     A postfix expression followed by the . operator and an identifier
>>     designates a member of a structure or union object. The value
>>     is that of the named member, and is an lvalue if the first
>>     expression is an lvalue.
>>
>> Consider the use of the word "object" in the first sentence.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Shouldn't the phrase "a member of a structure or union object" be "a
>> member of a structure or union *value*"?
> 
> Or, perhaps better, "a member of a structure or union *expression*".

I'd go for:

a member of an expression with structure or union type

(In your example there would have been an object if your struct also
would have included an array type)

Jens

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Description of "." operator Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-07 18:34 -0800
  Re: Description of "." operator Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-08 10:43 -0800
    Re: Description of "." operator Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-12-10 00:35 +0100
      Re: Description of "." operator Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-09 20:02 -0800
  Re: Description of "." operator jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2012-12-09 23:34 +0000
    Re: Description of "." operator Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-09 20:00 -0800
  Re: Description of "." operator Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-20 23:32 -0800
    Re: Description of "." operator Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-21 02:08 -0800
      Re: Description of "." operator Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-12-21 09:18 -0500
        Re: Description of "." operator Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-21 08:45 -0800
      Re: Description of "." operator Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-21 08:37 -0800
  Re: Description of "." operator Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 01:23 -0500
    Re: Description of "." operator Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-01-05 23:51 -0800
      Re: Description of "." operator Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 13:49 -0500
        Re: Description of "." operator Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-01-06 22:12 -0800
          Re: Description of "." operator Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2013-01-17 23:19 -0500
            Re: Description of "." operator Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 20:47 -0500
              Re: Description of "." operator Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-01-18 20:14 -0800
              Re: Description of "." operator jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2013-01-20 20:07 +0000
                Re: Description of "." operator Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 15:36 -0500

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