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Re: Parentheses as operators

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On 17/08/2015 21:17, Keith Thompson wrote:

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> N1570 6.5p1 says:
>
>      An *expression* is a sequence of operators and operands that
>      specifies computation of a value, or that designates an object or a
>      function, or that generates side effects, or that performs a
>      combination thereof.
>
> which is not accurate, since `42` is clearly an expression, but it has
> no operators and therefore no operands.

It could be argued that it is a sequence of 0 operators and 1 operand 
that specifies the computation of the value 42.

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Re: Parentheses as operators Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-17 13:17 -0700
  Re: Parentheses as operators Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-08-17 20:57 +0100
    Re: Parentheses as operators Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-17 14:36 -0700
    Re: Parentheses as operators Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-17 14:40 -0700

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