[Mono-list] C sharp syntax [OT?]

[Joe Shaw]

On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 00:42, Sanin Saracevic wrote:
> According to C-sharp specification (ftp://ftp.ecma.ch/ecma-st/Ecma-334.pdf,
> Section 14.2.1 Operator precedence and associativity) both member access (.)
> and element access([]) operators belong to the category of primary
> operators. Page 139.2 goes on to state that in case of "two operators with
> the same precedence, the associativity of the operators controls the order
> in which the operations are performed." Since binary operators are
> left-associative, it seems clear that the expression of a form E.I[A] is
> evaluated from left to right, in which case the original code in question
> should compile. Sections 14.5.4 Member access and 14.5.6 Element access have
> more information about resolving statements of a form E.I[A]. Am I missing
> something here? BTW,MS c# compiler will accept the original statement with
> no complaints.

I think it's a bug in the compiler.  I filed a bug about it in the
compiler when I ran into it earlier today.  It's #24146; feel free to
add any additional info you think will help.

Joe