Llewelly wrote:
> thedl0-usenet1@yahoo.com (Daryle Walker) writes:
> > "this" is
> > described (sect. 9.3.2, para 1) as a non-lvalue expression.  What
does
> > that mean? How is it different from a rvalue?
>
> 3.10/1
>     # Every expression is either an lvalue or an rvalue.
>
> So, 'non-lvalue expression' is just a verbose equivalent of rvalue.
If
>     'this' is somehow not an rvalue, you've found a defect in the
>     standard. If 'this' is an rvalue, an editorial change 'non-lvalue
>     expression' => 'rvalue' is IMO needed.
>
> 'non-lvalue' occurs in only one other place in the C++2003 standard;
>     footnote 49, which refers to C usage.

IMHO it's something that's just editorial, but better to point that
out in csc++

Regards,
Michiel Salters


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msalters wrote:

>
> IMHO it's something that's just editorial, but better to point that
> out in csc++
>

Noted. Thanks.

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