Paul Rubin wrote:
"Fredrik Lundh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Huh? Expressions are not statements except when they're "expression statements"? What kind of expression is not an expression statement?
any expression that is used in a content that is not an expression statement, of course.
Come on, that is vacuous. The claim was "expressions are not statements". But it turns out that expressions ARE statements. The explanation is "well, that's because they're expression statements". And there is no obvious case of an expression that can't be used as a statement. So it's not inherently obvious that there needs to be any kind of statement that can't be used as an expression. It's just an artifact. Whether the artifact is a desirable one is a matter of discussion.
Excuse me, coould we get back to discussing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
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