Re: In how many ways should this fail?

From	"BartC" <bc@freeuk.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: In how many ways should this fail?
Date	2012-02-01 12:14 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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"Tim Rentsch" <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in message 
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> The program fragment (written as an expression statement)
>
>   a > b ? a : b = 42;
>
> is a syntax error.  It has no valid parse under the standard
> C grammar, any more than
>
>   a + b = c;

But is it actually reported as a syntax error?

I would suggest this would be a type error rather than syntax (for example 
you can't apply address-of & to the result of a+b).

-- 
Bartc

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In how many ways should this fail? Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-01-30 16:32 +0100
  Re: In how many ways should this fail? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-30 11:07 -0500
    Re: In how many ways should this fail? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-30 11:11 -0500
    Re: In how many ways should this fail? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-30 17:42 +0000
  Re: In how many ways should this fail? gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-01-30 08:16 -0800
    Re: In how many ways should this fail? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-30 17:35 +0000
      Re: In how many ways should this fail? gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-01-30 23:47 -0800
      Re: In how many ways should this fail? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-02-01 00:00 -0800
        Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-02-01 12:14 +0000
          Re: In how many ways should this fail? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-01 08:04 -0500
          Re: In how many ways should this fail? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-01 13:31 +0000
        Re: In how many ways should this fail? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-01 12:59 +0000
          Re: In how many ways should this fail? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-01 08:37 -0500
            Re: In how many ways should this fail? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-01 16:40 +0000
              Re: In how many ways should this fail? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-01 12:13 -0500
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-03-08 12:49 -0800
    Re: In how many ways should this fail? Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-01-30 19:20 +0100
  Re: In how many ways should this fail? Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-30 08:30 -0800
    Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-30 16:43 +0000
      Re: In how many ways should this fail? Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-30 09:17 -0800
      Re: In how many ways should this fail? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-30 17:31 +0000
      Re: In how many ways should this fail? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-30 12:31 -0500
        Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-30 18:16 +0000
          Re: In how many ways should this fail? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-30 14:05 -0500
            Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-30 19:30 +0000
              Re: In how many ways should this fail? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-30 12:50 -0800
              Re: In how many ways should this fail? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-30 16:17 -0500
              Re: In how many ways should this fail? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-30 21:48 +0000
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-31 12:43 +0000
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? Zoltan Kocsi <zoltan@bendor.com.au> - 2012-02-01 00:46 +1100
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-31 13:57 +0000
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-31 15:05 +0000
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-31 07:16 -0800
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-31 17:37 +0000
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-31 11:34 -0500
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-31 17:39 +0000
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-31 19:42 -0800
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-02-01 11:57 +0000
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-01 08:14 -0500
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2012-02-01 00:04 -0800
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-31 09:05 -0500
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-31 06:45 -0800
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-31 17:34 +0000
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-31 19:26 -0800
                Re: In how many ways should this fail? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-31 19:29 -0800
        Re: In how many ways should this fail? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-30 21:28 +0000
  Re: In how many ways should this fail? timprince <tprince@computer.org> - 2012-01-30 11:44 -0500
    Re: In how many ways should this fail? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-30 17:35 +0000
  Re: In how many ways should this fail? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-30 17:21 +0000
    Re: In how many ways should this fail? Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-01-30 19:22 +0100
      Re: In how many ways should this fail? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-30 11:09 -0800
  Re: In how many ways should this fail? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-01-30 19:04 +0100
    Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-30 18:21 +0000
      Re: In how many ways should this fail? Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-01-30 20:15 +0100
        Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-30 19:32 +0000
          Re: In how many ways should this fail? Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-01-30 21:01 +0100
            Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-30 20:22 +0000
              Re: In how many ways should this fail? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-30 12:56 -0800
  Re: In how many ways should this fail? blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2012-01-30 10:07 -0800

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