Is there a subset of C can write like this: i=+1?

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I remember reading a book talking about standard the C programming language. It said in some kinda C you can write i=+1 which equals i+=1. So i(operator)=(expression) equals i=(operator)(expression). I never see this kind of C, is there someone who can explain this? Best regards and thanks, Fan

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That was the very very inital syntax for the += operator in C. I think it was deprecated even before the first edition of K&R book.

EDIT: A PDF with the C Reference manaual can be found here: http://www.math.utah.edu/computing/compilers/c/Ritchie-CReferenceManual.pdf look at 7.14.1

(Alas, the one posted by AnT is no longer valid)

Is there a subset of C can write like this: i=+1?

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