The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition

10. Expressions

Programming is like sex: It may give some concrete results, but that is not why we do it.

– apologies to Richard Feynman

• Introduction

• A Desk Calculator

The Parser; Input; Low-Level Input; Error Handling; The Driver; Headers; Command-Line Arguments; A Note on Style

• Operator Summary

Results; Order of Evaluation; Operator Precedence; Temporary Objects

• Constant Expressions

Symbolic Constants; consts in Constant Expressions; Literal Types; Reference Arguments; Address Constant Expressions

• Implicit Type Conversion

Promotions; Conversions; Usual Arithmetic Conversions

• Advice

10.1. Introduction

This chapter discusses expressions in some detail. In C++, an assignment is an expression, a function call is an expression, the ...