Re: port-hp300/50852: src/sys/arch/hp300/stand/common/ite.c:239: bad expression

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 05:40:11PM -0600, Dave Huang wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 12:10:21AM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 05:04:46PM -0600, Dave Huang wrote:
> > > How is the code in question different from i = ++i;, which I've always
> > > been told is undefined? The assignment operator does not introduce a
> > > sequence point.
> > 
> > At least in C11, it does.
> 
> Hmm, well I'm no language lawyer, but footnote 84 in section 6.5 of
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1570.pdf (the C1X
> draft) says "This paragraph renders undefined statement expressions
> such as i = ++i + 1;"

I think that's one is just a left-over from earlier versions, since
sequencing rules are explicit for that case. The second example
"a[i++]=i" on the other hand is still undefined.

Joerg