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Re: Bug in 2.5 for linux?

• Posted by Chris Bensler <bensler at nt.net> Oct 13, 2006
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Robert Craig wrote:
> 
> I think you have run into a quirky situation where
> the semantics changed slightly between 2.5 and earlier releases.
> Does this section of the 2.5 manual apply to you?
> 
>  "Subscripting and function side-effects: In an assignment statement, 
>   with left-hand-side subscripts:
> 
>      lhs_var[lhs_expr1][lhs_expr2]... = rhs_expr
> 
>  the expressions are evaluated, and any subscripting is performed, 
>  from left to right. It is possible to have function calls in the 
>  right-hand-side expression, or in any of the left-hand-side expressions. 
>  If a function call has the side-effect of modifying the lhs_var, 
>  it is not defined whether those changes will appear in the 
>  final value of the lhs_var, once the assignment has been completed. 
>  To be sure about what is going to happen, perform the function call 
>  in a separate statement, i.e. do not try to modify the lhs_var in two 
>  different ways in the same statement. Where there are no left-hand-side 
>  subscripts, you can always assume that the final value of the lhs_var 
>  will be the value of rhs_expr, regardless of any side-effects that 
>  may have changed lhs_var."
> 
> Regards,
>    Rob Craig
>    Rapid Deployment Software
>    <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>

Yes, SymTab[id][SYM_NEXT] is being assigned in symLink()

Chris Bensler
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