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From: fraser@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fraser Wilson)
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Subject: Re: Assignment Ops and Side Effects
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Date: 9 Apr 91 03:58:48 GMT
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gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:

>In article <18324@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> volpe@camelback.crd.ge.com (Christopher R Volpe) writes:
>>The result of "c=1" in an expression context should be promoted to int.

>Not if it's the operand of sizeof; that would make sizeof rather useless.

No, it makes performing an assignment while doing a sizeof rather useless.
Requiring that an expression is promoted to int UNLESS it happens to be
in a sizeof seems unduly complicated.  IMHO.

Fraser.