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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: unary +
Message-ID: <1195@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 18:44:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 10 18:44:12 1986
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Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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Summary: Square brackets would be better


[Not food]

I have a suggestion for the C standardization committee.  Rather than using
a unary + operator to force the order of evaluation, why not use a different
kind of parentheses; specifically, square brackets?  I think something like:

   a + [b + c]

is easier to read than

   a + +(b + c)

I see no more problem with confusing this use of square brackets with
indexing than there is now confusing parentheses for grouping with function
calls.

Frank Adams                           ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108