15 Jun
2012
15 Jun
'12
4:42 a.m.
on Tue Jun 12 2012, Mathias Gaunard <mathias.gaunard-AT-ens-lyon.org> wrote:
It is not natural for something written as foo = bar(); to change foo if bar fails.
But you usually can't tell the difference between bar() failing and the assignment failing, and it's perfectly natural for a failed assignment to change the assignee. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com