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On 08/09/2024 16:39, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> 
>> In language like C, the LHS of an assignment is one of four categories:
>>
>>    A = Y;         // name
>>    *X = Y;        // pointer
>>    X[i] = Y;      // index
>>    X.m = Y;       // member select
> 
> I can think of three others.  There may be more.

OK, so what are they?

> 
>> A is a simple variable;
> 
> C does not define the term "simple variable" so presumably you define it
> to be any named object that /can/ appear on the LHS of a simple
> assignment -- a sort of "no true Scots-variable".
> 
>> X represents a term of any complexity, and Y is any
>> expression.
> 
> I can think of at least one expression form for X that contradicts this
> claim.

Example? (You seem to be turning into Tim here by hinting at things but 
withholding any further information.)




> It would be great if C had simple rules, but it doesn't.  You could have
> started by saying something about the most comment forms of assignment
> being those you list, and that X can be almost any term, but the risk of
> making absolute claims is that people (like me) will look into them.


This was a reply to someone who was questioning whether those examples 
of a complex LHS for Algol68 were valid.