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

On 08/09/2024 16:39, Ben Bacarisse wrote:

Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
 

In language like C, the LHS of an assignment is one of four categories:
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   A = Y;         // name
   *X = Y;        // pointer
   X[i] = Y;      // index
   X.m = Y;       // member select

 I can think of three others.  There may be more.

OK, so what are they?

 

A is a simple variable;

 C does not define the term "simple variable" so presumably you define it
to be any named object that /can/ appear on the LHS of a simple
assignment -- a sort of "no true Scots-variable".
 

X represents a term of any complexity, and Y is any
expression.

 I can think of at least one expression form for X that contradicts this
claim.

Example? (You seem to be turning into Tim here by hinting at things but withholding any further information.)

It would be great if C had simple rules, but it doesn't.  You could have
started by saying something about the most comment forms of assignment
being those you list, and that X can be almost any term, but the risk of
making absolute claims is that people (like me) will look into them.

This was a reply to someone who was questioning whether those examples of a complex LHS for Algol68 were valid.