Re: ?: as an lvalue

Bartc <bc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Exactly why a?b:c can't appear like that on the left-hand-side of an 
> assignment is a bit of a mystery; after all a, a.b, a->b, a[b] and so on can 
> all appear on the lhs without the programmer having to insert explicit 
> address-of operators.

Because b and c are two distinct objects that can have different types,
which makes the type of any resulting lvalue somewhat problematic.

-Larry Jones

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