Error C2102: '&' requires l-value, VS2019. How to fix?

Question

I am using DirectX 11 and trying to load variables locally in scope using XMLoadFloat4. I am doing a lot of it and names are pretty long so I don't want to create bunch of local variables, however with code like this:

XMStoreFloat4(&vertices[0].normal, XMVector3Cross(
        XMLoadFloat4(&(vertices[2].position - vertices[0].position)),
        XMLoadFloat4(&(vertices[0].position - vertices[1].position))
        ));

I'm getting C2102. Do you know elegant way to create reference in place like this?

Answer 1

You can work around this issue for now by disabling /permissive- by changing "Conformance Mode" to "No" in the C/C++ -> Language project settings.