>Regardless this isn't a case where the C precedence is wrong. >"a < b | 1" is an example of C getting the precedence wrong. Blame the creator of C. But maybe this was intended, since | is a logical operation, as is <, while + is an arithmetic one. Programmatically probably not making much sense, bitfield |= a < b is one use case. >Having to remember where C is wrong and in what circumstances is >harder than just putting in parenthesis. The GNU C compiler will warn you where such may happen, but currently does so - too bad - only with && and ||. c.c:2: warning: suggest parentheses around && within || Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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