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r92f8e18 r826a67c 1400 1400 a value that does not have a corresponding address is called a \newterm{rvalue} (for ``right-hand value''), while a value that does have an address is called a \newterm{lvalue} (for ``left-hand value''). 1401 1401 For example, in @int x; x = 42;@ the variable expression @x@ on the left-hand-side of the assignment is a lvalue, while the constant expression @42@ on the right-hand-side of the assignment is a rvalue. 1402 In imperative programming, the address of a value is used for both reading and writing (mutating) avalue.1402 Despite the nomenclature of ``left-hand'' and ``right-hand'', an expression's classification as lvalue or rvalue is entirely dependent on whether it has an address or not; in imperative programming, the address of a value is used for both reading and writing (mutating) a value, and as such lvalues can be converted to rvalues and read from, but rvalues cannot be mutated because they lack a location to store the updated value. 1403 1403 1404 1404 Within a lexical scope, lvalue expressions have an \newterm{address interpretation} for writing a value or a \newterm{value interpretation} to read a value. … … 1460 1460 Since pointers and references share the same internal representation, code using either is equally performant; in fact the \CFA compiler converts references to pointers internally, and the choice between them in user code can be made based solely on convenience. 1461 1461 1462 By analogy to pointers, \CFA references also allow cv-qualifiers :1462 By analogy to pointers, \CFA references also allow cv-qualifiers such as @const@: 1463 1463 1464 1464 \begin{cfa}
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