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Kenneth Leroy Busbee

Some programming languages use the idea of l-values and r-values , deriving from the typical mode of evaluation on the left and right hand side of an assignment statement. An lvalue refers to an object that persists beyond a single expression. An rvalue is a temporary value that does not persist beyond the expression that uses it. [1]

Lvalue and Rvalue refer to the left and right side of the assignment operator. The Lvalue (pronounced: L value) concept refers to the requirement that the operand on the left side of the assignment operator is modifiable, usually a variable. Rvalue concept pulls or fetches the value of the expression or operand on the right side of the assignment operator. Some examples:

The value 39 is pulled or fetched (Rvalue) and stored into the variable named age (Lvalue); destroying the value previously stored in that variable.

If the expression has a variable or named constant on the right side of the assignment operator, it would pull or fetch the value stored in the variable or constant. The value 18 is pulled or fetched from the variable named voting_age and stored into the variable named age.

If the expression is a test expression or Boolean expression, the concept is still an Rvalue one. The value in the identifier named age is pulled or fetched and used in the relational comparison of less than.

This is illegal because the identifier JACK_BENNYS_AGE does not have Lvalue properties. It is not a modifiable data object, because it is a constant.

Some uses of the Lvalue and Rvalue can be confusing in languages that support increment and decrement operators. Consider:

Postfix increment says to use my existing value then when you are done with the other operators; increment me. Thus, the first use of the oldest variable is an Rvalue context where the existing value of 55 is pulled or fetched and then assigned to the variable age; an Lvalue context. The second use of the oldest variable is an Lvalue context wherein the value of the oldest is incremented from 55 to 56.

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L-values, r-values, expressions and types

Simple question: Why does this code compile?

…and this code doesn’t?

The compiler gives the following:

What is this ‘l-value’ thing? When (most of us) were taught C we were told an l-value is a value that can be placed on the left-hand-side of an assignment expression. However, that doesn’t give much of a clue as to what might constitute an l-value; so most of the time we resort to guessing and trial-and-error.

Basically, an l-value is a named object; which may be modifiable or non-modifiable . A named object is a region of memory you’ve given a symbolic name to variable (in human-speak: a variable). A literal has no name (it’s what we call a value-type ) so that can’t be an l-value. A const variable is a non-modifiable l-value, but you can’t put them on the left-hand-side of an assignment. There fore our rule becomes:

Only modifiable l-values can go on the left-hand-side of an assignment statement.

An r-value, if we take the traditional view, is a value that can go on the right-hand-side of an assignment. The following compiles fine:

By our definition, literals are r-values. But what about the variable a? We defined it as a (non-modifiable) l-value, so are l-values also r-values? We need a better definition for r-values:

An r-value is an un-named object ; or, if you prefer, a temporary variable.

An r-value can never go on the left-hand-side of an assignment since it will not exist beyond the end of the statement it is created in.

(As an aside: C++ differentiates between modifiable and non-modifiable r-values. C doesn’t make this distinction and treats all r-values as non-modifiable)

Expressions

Where do r-values come from? C is an expression-based language. An expression is a collection of operands and operators that yields a value. In fact, even an operand on its own is considered an expression (which yields its value). The value yielded by an expression is an object (a temporary variable) – an r-value.

Type of an expression

If an r-value is an object (variable) it must – since C is a typed language – must have a type. The type of an expression is the type of its r-value.

It’s worth having a look at some examples.

In the case of an assignment expression (y = x) the result of the expression is the value of the left-hand-side after assignment; the type is the type of the left-hand side.

If the expression is a logical operator (a != b) the result is an integer (an ‘effective Boolean’) with a value 0 or 1.

For mathematical expressions, the type of the expression is the same as the largest operand-type. So, for example:

C will promote, or convert, from smaller types to larger types automatically (if possible).

Finally, functions are considered r-values; with the type of the function being its return type. Thus, a function can never be placed on the left-hand-side of an assignment. There is a special-case exception to this: functions that take a pointer as a parameter, and then return that pointer as the return value, are considered l-values. For example:

(By the way, I don’t condone writing code like this!)

Back to the original question, then:

This compiles because c is a modifiable l-value; therefore can sit on the left-hand-side of an assignment. a + b is an expression that yields a (non-modifiable) r-value. Because of this, the code below cannot work:

And finally…

I’ll leave the following as an exercise for the reader (no prizes, though!)

Why does this compile:

…and this doesn’t:

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10 responses to l-values, r-values, expressions and types.

Oops, It seems both do not compile:

int main(void) { int a1 = 0; int b1 = 0;

int a2 = 0; int b2 = 0;

a1 = ++++b1; a2 = b2++++;

return 0; }

$ gcc test1.c test1.c: In function ‘main’: test1.c:10: error: lvalue required as increment operand test1.c:11: error: lvalue required as increment operand

Got similar result on MSVC.

If there a typo in the blog entry:

Should "An r-value can never go on the right-hand-side of an assignment since it will not exist beyond the end of the statement it is created in"

read An r-value can never go on the left-hand-side of an assignment since it will not exist beyond the end of the statement it is created in

Tried again. You are right when it compiles as C++ code.

Good catch, Manish. You're a star.

Correct. This code (a1 = ++++b1) in C, but will compile in C++.

According to the C-99 Standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999), Section 6.5.3.1 - The expression ++E is equivalent to (E += 1). By extension, ++++a1 should be (a1+=1)+=1 - which does compile.

In C++03 (ISO/IEC 14882:2003), Section 5.3.2 - The operand shall be an l-value... ...The value is the new value of the operand: it is an l-value.

Very interesting. Thanks for spotting that. If anything, it's yet another good justification for NOT writing code like ++++a1 🙂

@Glennan: "...it’s yet another good justification for NOT writing code like ++++a1."

Couldn't agree more.

Going back to the principles, it's a pity the standards' people, when revising and/or clarifyng the meanings of r-value and l-value, missed the opportunity to come up with more appropriate names for them. The r- and l- designations came quite obviously from "right" and "left" and this is (now) shown to be naive, at best.

"Thus, a function can never be placed on the right-hand-side of an assignment."

But, we can have function on right hand side of an assignment

int i; i =sum(10+20);

typo int i; i =sum(10 ,20);

I suppose the @Param comment is correct.

Is the sentence

> "Thus, a function can never be placed on the right-hand-side of an assignment"

should be read as

>"Thus, a function can never be placed on the left-hand-side of an assignment"

Assignment Statements 

Blocking assignment .

A blocking assignment evaluates the expression on its right hand side and then immediately assigns the value to the variable on its left hand side:

It is also possible to add delay to a blocking assignment. For example:

In this case, the expression on the right hand side is evaluated and the value is held for 10 units of time. During this time, the execution of the code is blocked in the middle of the assignment statement. After the 10 units of time, the value is stored in the variable on the left

Nonblocking Assignment 

A nonblocking assignment evaluates the expression on its right hand side without immediately assigning the value to the variable on the left. Instead the value is cached and execution is allowed to continue onto the next statement without performing the assignment. The assignment is deferred until the next blocking statement is encountered. In the example below, on the positive edge of clk the right-hand side of the first nonblocking assignment is evaluated and the value cached without changing a. Then the right-hand side of the second nonblocking assignment statement is evaluated is also cached without changing b. Execution continues until it returns to the event statement, once there the execution of the process blocks until the next positive edge of the clk. Just before the process blocks, the cached values finally assigned to the target variables. In this way, the following code swaps the values in a and b on every positive edge of clk:

Adding delay to nonblocking assignments is done as follows:

Using nonblocking assignment with delay in this manner is a way of implementing transport delay , as shown below:

Blocking versus Nonblocking Assignment 

Nonblocking statements allow you to schedule assignments without blocking the procedural flow. You can use the nonblocking procedural statement whenever you want to make several register assignments within the same time step without regard to order or dependence upon each other. It means that nonblocking statements resemble actual hardware more than blocking assignments.

Generally you would use nonblocking assignment whenever assigning to variables that are shared between multiple initial or always processes if the statements that access the variable could execute at the same time. Doing so resolves race conditions.

Blocking assignment is used to assign to temporary variables when breaking up large calculations into multiple assignment statements. For example:

Procedural Continuous Assignment 

Two types of continuous assignment are available in initial and always processes: assign and force .

The target of an assign statement must be a register or a concatenation of registers. The value is continuously driven onto its target and that value takes priority over values assigned in procedural assignments. Once a value is assigned with an assign statement, it can only be changed with another assign statement or with a force statement. Execution of deassign releases the continuous assignment, meaning that the value of the register can once again be changed with procedural assignments. For example, the following implements a D-type flip-flop with set and reset:

Assign statements are used to implement set and reset because they dominate over the non-blocking assignment used to update q upon positive edges of the clock c . If instead a simple procedural assignment were used instead, then a positive edge on the clock could change q even if r or s were high.

A force statement is similar to assign , except that it can be applied to both registers and nets. It overrides all other assignments until the release statement is executed. Force is often used in testbenches to eliminate initial x-values in the DUT or to place it in a particular state. For example:

Verilog assign statement

Hardware schematic.

Signals of type wire or a similar wire like data type requires the continuous assignment of a value. For example, consider an electrical wire used to connect pieces on a breadboard. As long as the +5V battery is applied to one end of the wire, the component connected to the other end of the wire will get the required voltage.

In Verilog, this concept is realized by the assign statement where any wire or other similar wire like data-types can be driven continuously with a value. The value can either be a constant or an expression comprising of a group of signals.

Assign Syntax

The assignment syntax starts with the keyword assign followed by the signal name which can be either a single signal or a concatenation of different signal nets. The drive strength and delay are optional and are mostly used for dataflow modeling than synthesizing into real hardware. The expression or signal on the right hand side is evaluated and assigned to the net or expression of nets on the left hand side.

Delay values are useful for specifying delays for gates and are used to model timing behavior in real hardware because the value dictates when the net should be assigned with the evaluated value.

LHS should always be a scalar or vector net or a concatenation of scalar or vector nets and never a scalar or vector register.
RHS can contain scalar or vector registers and function calls.
Whenever any operand on the RHS changes in value, LHS will be updated with the new value.
assign statements are also called continuous assignments and are always active

In the following example, a net called out is driven continuously by an expression of signals. i1 and i2 with the logical AND & form the expression.

If the wires are instead converted into ports and synthesized, we will get an RTL schematic like the one shown below after synthesis.

Continuous assignment statement can be used to represent combinational gates in Verilog.

The module shown below takes two inputs and uses an assign statement to drive the output z using part-select and multiple bit concatenations. Treat each case as the only code in the module, else many assign statements on the same signal will definitely make the output become X.

Assign reg variables

It is illegal to drive or assign reg type variables with an assign statement. This is because a reg variable is capable of storing data and does not require to be driven continuously. reg signals can only be driven in procedural blocks like initial and always .

Implicit Continuous Assignment

When an assign statement is used to assign the given net with some value, it is called explicit assignment. Verilog also allows an assignment to be done when the net is declared and is called implicit assignment.

Combinational Logic Design

Consider the following digital circuit made from combinational gates and the corresponding Verilog code.

Combinational logic requires the inputs to be continuously driven to maintain the output unlike sequential elements like flip flops where the value is captured and stored at the edge of a clock. So an assign statement fits the purpose the well because the output o is updated whenever any of the inputs on the right hand side change.

After design elaboration and synthesis, we do get to see a combinational circuit that would behave the same way as modeled by the assign statement.

See that the signal o becomes 1 whenever the combinational expression on the RHS becomes true. Similarly o becomes 0 when RHS is false. Output o is X from 0ns to 10ns because inputs are X during the same time.

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Kenneth Leroy Busbee
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They refer to on the left and right side of the assignment operator. The Lvalue (pronounced: L value) concept refers to the requirement that the operand on the left side of the assignment operator is modifiable, usually a variable. Rvalue concept pulls or fetches the value of the expression or operand on the right side of the assignment operator. Some examples:

The value 39 is pulled or fetched (Rvalue) and stored into the variable named age (Lvalue); destroying the value previously stored in that variable.

If the expression is a test expression or Boolean expression , the concept is still an Rvalue one. The value in the identifier named age is pulled or fetched and used in the relational comparison of less than.

This is illegal because the identifier JACK_BENNYS_AGE does not have Lvalue properties. It is not a modifiable data object, because it is a constant.

Some uses of the Lvalue and Rvalue can be confusing.

Postfix increment says to use my existing value then when you are done with the other operators; increment me. Thus, the first use of the oldest variable is an Rvalue context where the existing value of 55 is pulled or fetched and then assigned to the variable age; an Lvalue context. The second use of the oldest variable is an Lvalue context where in the value of oldest is incremented from 55 to 56.

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Overview [ edit | edit source ]

Some programming languages use the idea of L-values and R-values, deriving from the typical mode of evaluation on the left and right-hand side of an assignment statement. An L-value refers to an object that persists beyond a single expression. An R-value is a temporary value that does not persist beyond the expression that uses it. [1]

Discussion [ edit | edit source ]

L-value and R-value refer to the left and right side of the assignment operator. The L-value (pronounced: L value) concept refers to the requirement that the operand on the left side of the assignment operator is modifiable, usually a variable. R-value concept pulls or fetches the value of the expression or operand on the right side of the assignment operator. Some examples:

The value 39 is pulled or fetched (R-value) and stored into the variable named age (L-value); destroying the value previously stored in that variable.

If the expression is a test expression or Boolean expression, the concept is still an R-value. The value in the identifier named age is pulled or fetched and used in the relational comparison of less than.

This is illegal because the identifier JACK_BENNYS_AGE does not have L-value properties. It is not a modifiable data object, because it is a constant.

Some uses of the L-value and R-value can be confusing in languages that support increment and decrement operators. Consider:

Postfix increment says to use my existing value then when you are done with the other operators; increment me. Thus, the first use of the oldest variable is an R-value context where the existing value of 55 is pulled or fetched and then assigned to the variable age; an L-value context. The second use of the oldest variable is an L-value context wherein the value of the oldest is incremented from 55 to 56.

Key Terms [ edit | edit source ]

References [ edit | edit source ].

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CS105: Introduction to Python

Variables and assignment statements.

Computers must be able to remember and store data. This can be accomplished by creating a variable to house a given value. The assignment operator = is used to associate a variable name with a given value. For example, type the command:

in the command line window. This command assigns the value 3.45 to the variable named a . Next, type the command:

in the command window and hit the enter key. You should see the value contained in the variable a echoed to the screen. This variable will remember the value 3.45 until it is assigned a different value. To see this, type these two commands:

You should see the new value contained in the variable a echoed to the screen. The new value has "overwritten" the old value. We must be careful since once an old value has been overwritten, it is no longer remembered. The new value is now what is being remembered.

Although we will not discuss arithmetic operations in detail until the next unit, you can at least be equipped with the syntax for basic operations: + (addition), - (subtraction), * (multiplication), / (division)

For example, entering these command sequentially into the command line window:

would result in 12.32 being echoed to the screen (just as you would expect from a calculator). The syntax for multiplication works similarly. For example:

would result in 35 being echoed to the screen because the variable b has been assigned the value a * 5 where, at the time of execution, the variable a contains a value of 7.

After you read, you should be able to execute simple assignment commands using integer and float values in the command window of the Repl.it IDE. Try typing some more of the examples from this web page to convince yourself that a variable has been assigned a specific value.

In programming, we associate names with values so that we can remember and use them later. Recall Example 1. The repeated computation in that algorithm relied on remembering the intermediate sum and the integer to be added to that sum to get the new sum. In expressing the algorithm, we used th e names current and sum .

In programming, a name that refers to a value in this fashion is called a variable . When we think of values as data stored somewhere i n the computer, we can have a mental image such as the one below for the value 10 stored in the computer and the variable x , which is the name we give to 10. What is most important is to see that there is a binding between x and 10.

The term variable comes from the fact that values that are bound to variables can change throughout computation. Bindings as shown above are created, and changed by assignment statements . An assignment statement associates the name to the left of the symbol = with the value denoted by the expression on the right of =. The binding in the picture is created using an assignment statemen t of the form x = 10 . We usually read such an assignment statement as "10 is assigned to x" or "x is set to 10".

If we want to change the value that x refers to, we can use another assignment statement to do that. Suppose we execute x = 25 in the state where x is bound to 10.Then our image becomes as follows:

Choosing variable names

Suppose that we u sed the variables x and y in place of the variables side and area in the examples above. Now, if we were to compute some other value for the square that depends on the length of the side , such as the perimeter or length of the diagonal, we would have to remember which of x and y , referred to the length of the side because x and y are not as descriptive as side and area . In choosing variable names, we have to keep in mind that programs are read and maintained by human beings, not only executed by machines.

Note about syntax

In Python, variable identifiers can contain uppercase and lowercase letters, digits (provided they don't start with a digit) and the special character _ (underscore). Although it is legal to use uppercase letters in variable identifiers, we typically do not use them by convention. Variable identifiers are also case-sensitive. For example, side and Side are two different variable identifiers.

There is a collection of words, called reserved words (also known as keywords), in Python that have built-in meanings and therefore cannot be used as variable names. For the list of Python's keywords See 2.3.1 of the Python Language Reference.

Syntax and Sema ntic Errors

Now that we know how to write arithmetic expressions and assignment statements in Python, we can pause and think about what Python does if we write something that the Python interpreter cannot interpret. Python informs us about such problems by giving an error message. Broadly speaking there are two categories for Python errors:

Syntax errors: These occur when we write Python expressions or statements that are not well-formed according to Python's syntax. For example, if we attempt to write an assignment statement such as 13 = age , Python gives a syntax error. This is because Python syntax says that for an assignment statement to be well-formed it must contain a variable on the left hand side (LHS) of the assignment operator "=" and a well-formed expression on the right hand side (RHS), and 13 is not a variable.
Semantic errors: These occur when the Python interpreter cannot evaluate expressions or execute statements because they cannot be associated with a "meaning" that the interpreter can use. For example, the expression age + 1 is well-formed but it has a meaning only when age is already bound to a value. If we attempt to evaluate this expression before age is bound to some value by a prior assignment then Python gives a semantic error.

Even though we have used numerical expressions in all of our examples so far, assignments are not confined to numerical types. They could involve expressions built from any defined type. Recall the table that summarizes the basic types in Python.

The following video shows execution of assignment statements involving strings. It also introduces some commonly used operators on strings. For more information see the online documentation. In the video below, you see the Python shell displaying "=> None" after the assignment statements. This is unique to the Python shell presented in the video. In most Python programming environments, nothing is displayed after an assignment statement. The difference in behavior stems from version differences between the programming environment used in the video and in the activities, and can be safely ignored.

Distinguishing Expressions and Assignments

So far in the module, we have been careful to keep the distinction between the terms expression and statement because there is a conceptual difference between them, which is sometimes overlooked. Expressions denote values; they are evaluated to yield a value. On the other hand, statements are commands (instructions) that change the state of the computer. You can think of state here as some representation of computer memory and the binding of variables and values in the memory. In a state where the variable side is bound to the integer 3, and the variable area is yet unbound, the value of the expression side + 2 is 5. The assignment statement side = side + 2 , changes the state so that value 5 is bound to side in the new state. Note that when you type an expression in the Python shell, Python evaluates the expression and you get a value in return. On the other hand, if you type an assignment statement nothing is returned. Assignment statements do not return a value. Try, for example, typing x = 100 + 50 . Python adds 100 to 50, gets the value 150, and binds x to 150. However, we only see the prompt >>> after Python does the assignment. We don't see the change in the state until we inspect the value of x , by invoking x .

What we have learned so far can be summarized as using the Python interpreter to manipulate values of some primitive data types such as integers, real numbers, and character strings by evaluating expressions that involve built-in operators on these types. Assignments statements let us name the values that appear in expressions. While what we have learned so far allows us to do some computations conveniently, they are limited in their generality and reusability. Next, we introduce functions as a means to make computations more general and reusable.

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Lvalue and Rvalue

Kenneth Leroy Busbee

The value 39 is pulled or fetched (Rvalue) and stored into the variable named age (Lvalue); destroying the value previously stored in that variable.

This is illegal because the identifier JACK_BENNYS_AGE does not have Lvalue properties. It is not a modifiable data object, because it is a constant.

Some uses of the Lvalue and Rvalue can be confusing in languages that support increment and decrement operators. Consider:

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Lvalues and rvalues

Lvalues can be of incomplete types, but rvalues must be of complete types or void types.
An array type
An incomplete type
A const -qualified type
A structure or union type with one of its members qualified as a const type

C defines a function designator as an expression that has function type. A function designator is distinct from an object type or an lvalue. It can be the name of a function or the result of dereferencing a function pointer. The C language also differentiates between its treatment of a function pointer and an object pointer.

For example, all assignment operators evaluate their right operand and assign that value to their left operand. The left operand must be a modifiable lvalue.

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verilog
0. You have 2 types of syntax errors. You need to declare new_content as a reg since you make a procedural assignment to it in an always block. You need to place @ to the left of the ( in your always line. This code compiles with no errors for me: module IF_ID(new_content, instruction, newPC, clk, pwrite1); input pwrite1, clk;
Error: Syntax in assignment statement l-value
0. There are a few syntax errors with your code. Do not use the assign keyword to make an assignment to a reg ( F1 ). Do not place a module instance ( sub) inside an always block. Use an instance name for your sub module instance. Do not create a task with the same name as a module ( sub ). There is no need for the task/endtask in this case.
Lvalue and Rvalue
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4.7: L Value and R Value
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L-values, r-values, expressions and types
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Lvalues and rvalues
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Blocking Assignment. A blocking assignment evaluates the expression on its right hand side and then immediately assigns the value to the variable on its left hand side: a = b + c; It is also possible to add delay to a blocking assignment. For example: a = #10 b + c; In this case, the expression on the right hand side is evaluated and the value ...
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Verilog assign statement
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4.5: L Value and R Value
The Lvalue (pronounced: L value) concept refers to the requirement that the operand on the left side of the assignment operator is modifiable, usually a variable. Rvalue concept pulls or fetches the value of the expression or operand on the right side of the assignment operator. Some examples: then later in the program.
Programming Fundamentals/Lvalue and Rvalue
Some programming languages use the idea of L-values and R-values, deriving from the typical mode of evaluation on the left and right-hand side of an assignment statement. An L-value refers to an object that persists beyond a single expression. An R-value is a temporary value that does not persist beyond the expression that uses it.
CS105: Variables and Assignment Statements
The assignment operator = is used to associate a variable name with a given value. For example, type the command: a=3.45. in the command line window. This command assigns the value 3.45 to the variable named a. Next, type the command: a. in the command window and hit the enter key. You should see the value contained in the variable a echoed to ...
Lvalue and Rvalue
Some programming languages use the idea of l-values and r-values, deriving from the typical mode of evaluation on the left and right hand side of an assignment statement. An lvalue refers to an object that persists beyond a single expression. An rvalue is a temporary value that does not persist beyond the expression that uses it. [1] Discussion
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The assignment statement. The assignment statement is used to store a value in a variable. As in most programming languages these days, the assignment statement has the form: <variable>= <expression>; For example, once we have an int variable j, we can assign it the value of expression 4 + 6: int j; j= 4+6; As a convention, we always place a ...
Lvalues and rvalues
An expression that appears only on the right side of an assignment expression. Notes: Lvalues can be of incomplete types, but rvalues must be of complete types or void types. An object is a region of storage that can be examined and stored into. An lvalue is an expression that refers to such an object. An lvalue does not necessarily permit ...
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