Re: Order of argument evaluation in C++, etc.

Henry Baker <hbaker@netcom.com> wrote:
>For the rest of the time, I think that the vast majority of C++ programmers
>would sleep much better if the order of evaluation were nailed down as some
>depth first ordering of the expression, thus allowing a simple LIFO
>allocation of the (caller's) temporaries.


Well, *I'd* be happier if the execution order was nailed down somehow.
It doesn't matter how fast the code is that your compiler generates, if
no-one understands the language intricacies well enough to write code
that'll actually work.


jhallen@world.std.com (Joseph H Allen) writes:
> More syntax could easily be added to
> force various orders of evluation:
>
> foo(parallel(x,y,leftright(z,q,parallel(a,b))))


[ cough! ] Good grief. (a) Why does the keyword "register" come to mind
at this point? (b) I can see this causing nightmares for programmers.
How are you going to debug this?


steve [ who missed earlier posts, btw... ]


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