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Re: [PATCH] Fix PR44555

Dave Korn <dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com> writes:

>   Yes, I was suggesting that the standard could be adjusted to say the same
> about &((*a).b), that the indirection and address operators are not evaluated
> there either,

The problematic part is the member selector, which results in a pointer
that is different from the original null pointer, especially when it's
not the first member.  So the expression cannot fully be a no-op.  In
the &*E case you have two operations that are inverse to each other.

Andreas.

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