Re: Top 10 most common hard skills listed on resumes...

On 2024-08-29, Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
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I think that these (with x, y having compatible scalar types):
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   x + 1 = y;
   (x + 1) = y;         // in case above was parsed differently
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are both valid syntax in C. It will fail for a different reason:
an '+' term is not a valid lvalue.

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The compiler must tell you that neither is valid C.  That's
because what is required on each side of assignment is not
exactly the same thing.  It's a distraction to argue about why
each is not valid C as both have errors that require diagnostic
at compile time.

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Bart is only saying that it's valid syntax, not that it's valid C.
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According to the ISO C syntax (not taking into account contraints,
which are not syntax) that view is justified.