From 6561753999428051374 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,13ce76b24fcf616c X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Ron Natalie Subject: Re: Operator precedence Date: 1999/12/29 Message-ID: <3868DE6D.5C90C109@sensor.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 565911513 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved: Fergus Henderson References: <3868B1A1.D47627B4@kobasoft.nl> X-Original-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 10:59:41 -0500 X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined X-Complaints-To: news@news.unimelb.edu.au X-Trace: ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au 946439370 2727 128.250.37.153 (29 Dec 1999 03:49:30 GMT) Organization: Sensor Systems X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUAOGmE8+EDnX0m9pzZAQHdPwGAoBwOfsQ6oVv7bbrS706MFobUahn6MvBv qMUfxdBJN6Rq7iHM3yoymIlqCq+LkmJN =nUMR Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Dec 1999 03:49:30 GMT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Pieter van Beek wrote: > > Hi all, > > There seems to be no operator precedence table in de ansi C++ standard. > I always used the one from Stroustrup, and only found out yesterday this > topic is not covered by the standard. > > AIMS? > Precedence is not defined by that table, even in C, it is implied by the language grammar. The inclusion of the table in K&R and Stroustrup is purely informational. Note the comment from Stroustrup at the bottom of page 121: A few grammar rules cannot be expressed in terms of precedence (also known as binding strength) and associativity. This has lead to some confusion with the ?: operator interpretation. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]