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From: john@bc-cis.UUCP (John L. Wynstra)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: New Features:  ++(expr)
Message-ID: <1102@bc-cis.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 88 07:40:08 GMT
References: <386@osupyr.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@bc-cis.UUCP (John L. Wynstra)
Organization: Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
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Summary: whyfor, fer goshsakes?

In article <386@osupyr.UUCP> ddc@osupyr.UUCP (Don Comeau) writes:
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|Since everyone else is suggesting their addition to C, here is one I
|think would be useful.  Why are ++ and -- still limited to lvalues?  I
|think ++expresion should be an expression which has the value
|expression+1.
|
|Are there any good reason why this hasn't been done?
|
	Yes, can you say redundant?  You said it yourself, the thing is
`(expression)+1', why have another name for the same thing?  And as to
the traditional use, why would ++ or -- ever apply to anything but
lvalues (remembering that *(pointer-expression) is one)?

	You guys on the ANSI committee, leave my C alone!  (I like it K&&R
thank'ee, black, no sugar, please.)

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