[Issue 14228] Function argument evaluation spec is inconsistent

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14228

Johannes Pfau <johannespfau at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Johannes Pfau <johannespfau at gmail.com> ---
A long standing issue. Function arguments should be LTR. Pull request is
available, but blocked as it needs a final decision by Walter or Andrei for the
evaluation order of (all kinds of) assign expressions.

Currently blocked PR:
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/4035

History/Reference:

http://bugzilla.gdcproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8

http://forum.dlang.org/thread/bniaxycuguviwfdtojzf@forum.dlang.org

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/6
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/669
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/4035

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6620


BTW: The spec doesn't really contradict itself:

"_are_ evaluated in an implementation-defined order: ... function arguments""
is what _does_ happen.

"The evaluation order of function arguments is _defined_ to be left to right."
is what _should_ happen.

"Note that dmd currently does not comply with left to right evaluation of
function arguments."
explains the difference.

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