On Sat, 12 Nov 2022, Alejandro Colomar via Gcc wrote: > > > No, assigning to a function parameter from within another parameter > > > declaration wouldn't make sense. They should be readonly. Side effects > > > should be forbidden, I think. > > > > Such assignments are already allowed. In a function definition, the side > > effects (including in size expressions for array parameters adjusted to > > pointers) take place before entry to the function body. > > Then, I'm guessing that rules need to change in a way that .initializer cannot > appear as the left operand of an assignment-expression.
I think needing such a very special case rule tends to indicate that some alternative syntax, not needing such a rule, would be better. -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com
