Re: actual for variable name must be variable compiler error

[Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.invalid>]

On 29.09.14 21:37, Simon Clubley wrote:
> void update_value(unsigned long int a)
> 	{
> 	printf("Value of a on entry to update_value() is %lu\n", a);
> 	a = a + 7;

Once you submit to contradictions like "a equals a + 7" being signs
of advanced understanding---though wondering how that could be---
you are well prepared for an introduction to more programming quizzes,
such as why and when `5' may become a name of 4.
  In fact, functionist's favorite REPL is sufficiently lenient,

Prelude> let 5 = 4 in 5
5

> 	printf("Value of a after modification is %lu\n", a);
> 	return;
> 	}