Re: Function returning structure

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From: Mark Brader
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 01:18

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Norman Diamond (diamond@jrdv04.enet.dec-j.co.jp) writes:
> > ... can non-lvalue arrays be passed to a function and accessed by
> > the stdarg macros there?
> 
> I think that the standard permits it,

I agree.  Of course, the non-lvalue array type is as useless inside
the called function as anywhere else.

> and the standard needs to be fixed.

I don't see why.  I mean, given that non-lvalue arrays are permitted
at all, I don't see why it is important to prohibit them in this
particular case only.  On the other hand, I don't see a reason to
allow them in the first place, except as a member of an aggregate.
-- 
Mark Brader, msb@sq.com         "The time to make up your mind about people
SoftQuad Inc., Toronto           is never."         -- The Philadelphia Story

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Subject: Re: Function returning structure
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