errata/566: Re: errata/566: 9.5: case item expression ambiguity

From: Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com
Date: Tue Mar 23 2004 - 19:40:01 PST

  • Next message: Brad Pierce: "errata/566: Re: errata/566: 9.5: case item expression ambiguity"

    The following reply was made to PR errata/566; it has been noted by GNATS.

    From: Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com
    To: Brad Pierce <Brad.Pierce@synopsys.com>
    Cc: etf-bugs@boyd.com
    Subject: Re: errata/566: 9.5: case item expression ambiguity
    Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 05:49:51 +0200 (IST)

     Why do you want them to be evaluated before the comparisons?
     
    > The text could specify that, just as with the case expression
    > in parentheses, all the case item expressions shall be evaluated
    > exactly once, in order, and before any comparisons. The only time
    > one would notice the difference would be in the presence of side-effects.
     

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