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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: A curriosity in the C compiler...
Message-ID: <8369@alice.UUCP>
Date: 28 Oct 88 19:25:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: alice.8369
References: <530@uvicctr.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner NJ
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In article <530@uvicctr.UUCP>, sbanner1@uvicctr.UUCP (S. John Banner) writes:
 
> /*
> 	This is a quick test of the C compiler, for implied bracketing...
> This will determine if the expression "a = b == c" is parsed
> as "(a = b) == c" (which is correct), or as "a = (b == c)" (which
> is not).
> */

The expression

	a = b == c

is correctly parsed as

	a = (b == c)

despite the comment above to the contrary.
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@europa.att.com