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Re: Is this a bug?
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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