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> An alternative is to make a postfix dereference operator (`v.*.field` or something alike). This is a good alternative. With .* even more expressions become ergonomic than with RArrow. In...

> Clarification Question: Are you suggesting `p.* = 3;` for postfix "whole thing" assignment and `p.*.field` for postfix field accessing? Yes, `p.*` would be equivalent to `(*p)`. Meaning: `p.* =...

> Then maybe `p.*field` (one less `.`) for field accessing, which is what I typoed while posting my question above. Easy to miss the little dot with all the rest...

> When would you have a place followed by another place in an expression or statement? Never, it would not be a grammar ambiguity. It would be a readability ambiguity....

> Well, now we're into the realm of opinions I suppose. > > `p.*.field.*.field` just seems like kinda too much. > > Also I don't know C++ so I've got...