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Re: Is this a bug? [message #13060 is a reply to message #12978]

Fri, 02 October 1998 00:00

menakkis
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steinhh@ulrik.uio.no (Stein Vidar Hagfors Haugan) wrote:
<...>
> 1. Brackets around anything *except* a simple variable name gives
> an rvalue (expression).
> 2. Dereferenced pointers -- "*p" behave as a simple variable name,
> -> see exception in first point
> 3. Rvalues should *not* be allowed on the left hand side of
> assignments (fix it, RSI).

It looks like you have it. I'd go so far as to add that: brakets around a
simple variable name are effectively ignored / discarded. e.g., A=INDGEN(4)
&(((A)))[2]=20 works.

> Finally, I guess that Peter Mason changing his mind in the middle
> of a paragraph caused him to say things about the
> (<expression>)[index]
> construct whilst appearing to talk about the (*p) construct..?

I guess I should have thrown in a <NL> there for your paragraph parser :-)

Peter Mason

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		Is this a bug? By: David Foster on Wed, 30 September 1998 00:00
		Re: Is this a bug? By: J.D. Smith on Fri, 02 October 1998 00:00
		Re: Is this a bug? By: J.D. Smith on Fri, 02 October 1998 00:00
		Re: Is this a bug? By: menakkis on Fri, 02 October 1998 00:00
		Re: Is this a bug? By: steinhh on Thu, 01 October 1998 00:00
		Re: Is this a bug? By: rmlongfield on Thu, 01 October 1998 00:00
		Re: Is this a bug? By: menakkis on Thu, 01 October 1998 00:00

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