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From: eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: why bother with operator precedence
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Date: 27 Mar 90 22:44:26 GMT
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In <12845@csli.Stanford.EDU> Bill Poser wrote:
> So, why bother with precedence?

I'll second your point and add that I think most expert C programmers use
parens rather than relying on precedence much beyond "* binds tighter than +"
and the fact that relationals bind tighter than && and ||. Myself, I wouldn't
have more than a vague idea of the hairier precedence/associativity rules
without looking at a chart, nor have I ever felt pressured to learn; parens
are cheap and give one that wonderful feeling of security.

Code defensively...the life you save may be your own!
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      Eric S. Raymond = eric@snark.uu.net    (mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews)