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[Mark A Terribile]

> > >...  I think the following SHOULD work, but will not even compile:
> > >...            chcnt++ += (c == '\n');
> > 
> > You can't assign to a ++ expression.
> 	Of course you can!  For example, a simple string copy function:
>	...   	while (*to++ = *from++) ...

Harrumph!

	*to++ = ...

associates as

	( *(to++) ) = ...

If I may quote K&R (Appendix A, section 7.2):

		The unary * operator means _indirection_: the expression
		must be a pointer, and the result is an lvalue referring to
							^^^^^^
		the object to which the expression points.

That's altogether different from

	( to++ ) = ...

Again quoting K&R (same section):

		When postfix ++ is applied to an lvalue, the result is the
		value of the object referred to by the lvalue.  After the
		result is noted, the object is incremented ...

Note carefully: ``the result is the value of the object referred to''
				    ^^^^^
That's value (or rvalue), NOT lvalue.


Please excuse my dogmatic voice, but this is getting silly.

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