generalized lvalues -- patch outline

[Nathan Sidwell]

Ziemowit Laski wrote:
> Indeed, I now appear to have a mainline mod for C and C++ which allows 
> assignment to lvalue casts for pointer types.  What follows is a 
> high-level synopsis of what I did; if there is interest, I can whip up a 
> full-fledged patch, complete with docs.  Please let me know.

Please describe the semantics *in detail* of what you are trying to
achieve.  Why are the modify-assignment operators not allowed? That
appears non-orthogonal.

nathan

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