Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!cmcl2!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Assignment Ops and Side Effects Message-ID: <15706@smoke.brl.mil> Date: 4 Apr 91 17:59:07 GMT References: <1991Apr3.173046.2367@mccc.edu> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 9 In article <1991Apr3.173046.2367@mccc.edu> pjh@mccc.edu (Peter J. Holsberg) writes: -How does the standard describe the situation where, for example, - x++ *= y; -is treated as if it were - x++ = x * y; -and not - x++ = x++ * y; Correctly, of course.