Evaluation order of index expressions

[Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d]

On 05/26/2015 01:45 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 5/25/15 11:58 AM, Daniel Murphy wrote:
>> "Andrei Alexandrescu"  wrote in message
>> news:mjvlv5$vch$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>
>>> > which one is correct?
>>>
>>> GDC. -- Andrei
>>
>> I don't think it matters too much if we pick strict LTR, or keep dmd's
>> existing exception for assign expressions.  IIRC Walter is in favour of
>> keeping the exception[1].
>>
>> Could you and Walter please come to an agreement and confirm here?  It
>> should be fairly straightforward to get this fixed once it's clear which
>> way it should go.
>>
>> [1]
>> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/4035#issuecomment-58861231
>>
>
> I'm fine with RTL for assignment expressions, and LTR everywhere else.
> Daniel, if you could work this out at front end level so it goes the
> same way for all backends, that would be fantastic. -- Andrei
>

Why? Strictly left-to-right is the simplest thing.