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07/02/07 23:52
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 		 #141431 - As I said
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Erik Malund said:
Why on earth bother remembering "operator precedencees" you do not need to know if you use parantheses.

1. Because you might change jobs, and your new employer's codebase might not be "parenthesised".

2. Because you might have to work with 3rd party code that is not "parenthesised". Like porting/fixing embedded Linux for example.

3. Your company might have to complete a project started by others, and guess what? The existing codebase is not "parenthesised".

If your work environment is so insulated that you only ever have to deal with "parenthesised code" (now and always) then it's ok to forget the rules of operator precedence.



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         The reason            01/01/70 00:00      
            The real reason???            01/01/70 00:00      
               welcome to the club            01/01/70 00:00      
            Worse than "implementation dependent"            01/01/70 00:00      
               Can you clarify this point?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  splint gives a (very) detailed warning:            01/01/70 00:00      
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                        Sequence point            01/01/70 00:00      
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      The weird part            01/01/70 00:00      
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         Problem            01/01/70 00:00      
            operator precedence            01/01/70 00:00      
               I second the motion            01/01/70 00:00      
                  As I said            01/01/70 00:00      
                     re: As I said            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Productivity?            01/01/70 00:00      
                           wrong comment            01/01/70 00:00      
                           re: Productivity            01/01/70 00:00      
                        that's IT            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Then again ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                              OK, is this better ?            01/01/70 00:00      
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                                    Sorry but            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Order of operations            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       I know            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    How about ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Wrong?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          point proven            01/01/70 00:00      
         Real Work vs. Fooling Around            01/01/70 00:00      
            I got caught out recently            01/01/70 00:00      
               re: I got caught out recently            01/01/70 00:00      

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