NoNo for Associativity of Assignments?

[Manfred Nowak]

Joel C. Salomon wrote
> the meaning of chained assignments is unambiguous to compiler and
> programmer alike. 

Are you sure?

  int a=1, b=2, c=3;
  a = b = c;

With associativity this can virtually be rewritten as both
  ( a = b ) = c;
or
  a = ( b = c);

After "( a = b) = c;" a == 2, b == 3, c == 3.
After "a = ( b = c);" a == 3, b == 3, c == 3.

Of course one can _declare_ this to be unambigouous.

-manfred