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Re: arithmetic operator precedence
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- From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Subject: Re: arithmetic operator precedence
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:20:19 +0200
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On 2008-06-19 18:10:56 +0200, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> I've followed this discussion, and I'm left wondering only one thing.
> If it's decided that $(( -1 ** 2 )) == 1, then what's the point? Why
> would anyone ever write that?
Because this is something valid in most software, and it is too easy
to make a mistake. It would be much better to return an error in that
case.
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