Spec is inconsistent with associative arrays and arrays regarding prefix and postfix expression equivalence

[ljmf00-wekaio]

Currently specs says:

11.3.1.2. Increment and Decrement: [...] the result of prefix ++ and -- is the lvalue after the side effect has been effected.
11.3.1.4. Increment and Decrement: [...] the result of postfix ++ and -- is an rvalue just before the side effect has been effected.

The problem is that, mentioned equivalent expression works for arrays but not for associative arrays:

expr++; (ref x){auto t = x; ++x; return t;}(expr)

Can we clarify it to match the Construction or Assignment on Setting AA Entries point, because:

(ref x){auto t = x; ++x; return t;}(aa["hello"])

will fail on lookup. It's more like:

expr++; (ref x){auto t = x; ++x; return t;}(aa.require("hello", int.init))

[Demiserular]

can i work on this issue?

[thewilsonator]

Yes! Note that this s a spec issue and not a compiler issue.