Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: () ignored in some expressions
Message-ID: <1990Apr10.181833.5453@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <48079@lanl.gov> <16414@haddock.ima.isc.com> <1990Apr10.061333.29693@diku.dk>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 90 18:18:33 GMT

In article <1990Apr10.061333.29693@diku.dk> jensting@skinfaxe.diku.dk (Jens Tingleff) writes:
>Ahemm. Am I stupid, or is the result of 1000*(1000 - 999) quite dependant
>on the parenthesis being done properly (assume 16 bit int's..)? ...

You're not stupid, just slightly careless. :-)  You didn't read the original
query carefully enough -- only associative and commutative operators were
covered by the old rule, and subtraction is neither.
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