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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Regarding assignment to struct
Date: Wed, 07 May 2025 14:23:57 -0700
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Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> writes:
> On Tue, 06 May 2025 13:21:38 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> writes:
>>> The rule about conversions from arrays to pointers is different in C99
>>> (n1124 6.3.2.1, third paragraph) compared to C89.  In particular,
>>> "an lvalue that has type ``array of type'' ..." was changed to
>>> "an expression that has type ``array of type'' ...".
> [...]
>> The change from "lvalue" to "expression" was made in C99.  I wonder why
>> that was done.
>
> It's not mentioned in the rationale, so we can only guess.  But it is
> called out in the list of major changes in the C99 foreword.

I've just looked at the foreword of the C99 standard and the n1256
draft, and I couldn't find it.  Can you quote the precise wording?

>> BTW, you have a copy of ANSI C89?  Hard or soft copy?  Do you know if
>> it's still available in some form?
>
> Hint: look for FIPS 160 on the NIST website.  This is the same standard
> as ANSI X3.159-1989 Programming Language - C.

<https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/FIPS/fipspub160.pdf>
includes the 1989 ANSI C standard *and* the ANSI C Rationale.
Like many PDFs from that era, it's a scan from printed documents,
but it's still possible to copy-and-paste text from the PDF.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */