compiler interview questions



  • hi,
    i have a nice compiler related question:

    int a,i; 
    
    (i++)=a; 
    (++i)=a; 
    
    which statement is correct? --explain the reason in the view of compiler. 
    
    note: it's not related to initialization or not. say i=2, a=5. I think it is a nice question to test the interviewee's knowledge of compiler.
    

    can you give me a nice explaination?



  • None of them is correct. The first makes no sense, since i++ is not an lvalue, so you may think the second one is correct. But in the statement ++i = a, i is modified twice between sequence points, so the behavior is undefined. This is all from the language perspective, not sure where the compiler's view enters the picture.

    edit: Sorry, it seems ++i is not an lvalue either, so both are wrong for the same reason.


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