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It's perfectly clear and unambiguous. For some reason everyone loves it when functional languages are 'pithy' but hates it when C-like languages are equally terse.


How?

Smthg[i++] and smthg[++i] have two different behaviors. If you tell me that this is clear I probably don't want to read your code.


They're two different things. Are you going to complain that a/b and b/a give different results?


You're comparing mathematics term which have been established since before your grandfather was born with a peculiarity of the C language that confuse more people than it helps. People willing to Obtain a small amount of LOC for less clarity deserves neither.




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