Re: Input-line reverser

Mike Wahler said:

>
> "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.

Indeed, and I did in fact say that "it attempts to modify the
value of an object, when that object hasn't been given a value yet". I'm
still trying to work out what you find objectionable about that.

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