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Asked: June 7, 20262026-06-07T16:47:51+00:00 2026-06-07T16:47:51+00:00

Putting all the maintainability and reading issues aside, can these lines of code generate

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Putting all the maintainability and reading issues aside, can these lines of code generate undefined behavior?

float  a = 0, b = 0;
float& x = some_condition()? a : b;
x = 5;
cout << a << ", " << b;
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    2026-06-07T16:47:52+00:00Added an answer on June 7, 2026 at 4:47 pm

    No, it’s just fine. It would not create undefined behavior in this code. You will just change value of a or b to 5, according to condition.

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