Don wrote:
Walter Bright wrote:
Don wrote:
There are several compiler bugs relating to array operations, and
almost all relate to this issue. I'd like to fix them, but I need to
know which way it is supposed to work.
The [] should be required. I worry that otherwise there will be
ambiguous cases that will cause trouble.
Excellent.
Glad we agree. An example is the C hack where if foo is a function, then &foo as
well as foo mean the address of the function. This little ambiguity, originally
meant as a convenience, has caused much grief.
