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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: In how many ways should this fail? |
| Date | 2012-01-31 19:29 -0800 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnr4yfw7ss.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <jg6mrf$6it$1@dont-email.me> <4F26E9F6.3020101@verizon.net> <jg6r4h$1fh$1@dont-email.me> <0.d2a24acbe4d003562f6e.20120130214854GMT.8739awsvy1.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <jg8no4$9de$1@dont-email.me> |
"BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> "Ben Bacarisse" <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote in message
> news:0.d2a24acbe4d003562f6e.20120130214854GMT.8739awsvy1.fsf@bsb.me.uk...
[...]
>> assignment-expression:
>> conditional-expression
>> unary-expression assignment-operator assignment-expression
>>
>> just says that an assignment expression can be a conditional expression
>> on its own.
>
> You have to look further into the Standard to discover that
> assignment-expression' just means 'any expression'. Whatever the
> merits of defining the grammar in this way, it's not very intuitive;
> the above suggests that any conditional expression is a form of
> assignment!
Sorry, I overlooked your error here. An assignment expression is *not*
just "any expression". For example, the expression
x, y
is not an assignment-expression.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Will write code for food.
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
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Re: In how many ways should this fail? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-30 17:31 +0000
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Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-30 18:16 +0000
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Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-30 19:30 +0000
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Re: In how many ways should this fail? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-31 17:37 +0000
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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
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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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