https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64870
--- Comment #3 from Marc Glisse <glisse at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Conrad from comment #2) > Notwithstanding loopholes in C++ legalese, No loopholes, this was a deliberate choice in C. > the expected result is to > evaluate things left to right, just like reading words and sentences. Except when there is an = sign, where you expect the right hand side to be evaluated before the left? And maybe a few other cases? > clang produces the least surprising result. With gcc we end up with "wtf?" C/C++ programmers learn about that soon enough. > What is the benefit in changing the expected order of evaluation? Performance.
