Re: Input-line reverser

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:06:22 GMT, in comp.lang.c , "Mike Wahler"
<mkwahler@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:g5ibr111ajddk27gbggg7u93fhum2pegh1@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:26:25 GMT, in comp.lang.c , "Mike Wahler"
>> <mkwahler@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Richard Heathfield" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>
>>>> The reason it's not a valid C program is that it attempts to modify
>>>
>>>evaluate, not modify. Modifying (i.e. assigning to it) would be OK
>>
>> Not all modification is assignment. Consider if the modification were
>> for example ++ or +=.
>
>Both those operators evaluate their operands.

Agreed. My point was that you said, still visible above, that
modifying would be ok since it is the same as assigning. This isn't
correct.
Mark McIntyre
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