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C++ Should Be C++ (www.open-std.org)
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[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My point is that the design is wrong. Nobody expects [] as lvalue to update a value. Your argument is descriptive, mine is prespcriptive. I am saying that the C++ committee is wrong on this one (or whoever designed it this way)