Commit 2dde4f5d authored by Robert Griesemer's avatar Robert Griesemer

spec: clarify evaluation order of "i, x[i] = range ..."

Part of fix for issue 3464.

R=golang-dev, rsc, mirtchovski, iant, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/6246045
parent 016d0d09
<!--{
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"Subtitle": "Version of March 17, 2012",
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......@@ -3866,7 +3866,11 @@ x, _ = f() // ignore second value returned by f()
In the second form, the number of operands on the left must equal the number
of expressions on the right, each of which must be single-valued, and the
<i>n</i>th expression on the right is assigned to the <i>n</i>th
operand on the left. The assignment proceeds in two phases.
operand on the left.
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<p>
The assignment proceeds in two phases.
First, the operands of <a href="#Indexes">index expressions</a>
and <a href="#Address_operators">pointer indirections</a>
(including implicit pointer indirections in <a href="#Selectors">selectors</a>)
......@@ -3885,13 +3889,20 @@ i, x[i] = 1, 2 // set i = 1, x[0] = 2
i = 0
x[i], i = 2, 1 // set x[0] = 2, i = 1
x[0], x[0] = 1, 2 // set x[0] = 1, then x[0] = 2 (so x[0] = 2 at end)
x[0], x[0] = 1, 2 // set x[0] = 1, then x[0] = 2 (so x[0] == 2 at end)
x[1], x[3] = 4, 5 // set x[1] = 4, then panic setting x[3] = 5.
type Point struct { x, y int }
var p *Point
x[2], p.x = 6, 7 // set x[2] = 6, then panic setting p.x = 7
i = 2
x = []int{3, 5, 7}
for i, x[i] = range x { // set i, x[2] = 0, x[0]
break
}
// after this loop, i == 0 and x == []int{3, 5, 3}
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<p>
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