http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58540
--- Comment #3 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to bernardwidynski from comment #2) > Bear with me if I protest further. > > Logic requires that the "=" be executed before the "*=" > > I think that gcc should use this logic when compiling a program. = and *= are not sequence points (in C90/C99/C++98 terms, C11 changes the terms but the rule dealing with =/*= are the same).