Subject: Parentheses and KNF
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Brian C. Grayson <bgrayson@marvin.ece.utexas.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 08/19/1998 19:37:07
While we're at it, the KNF doc (/usr/share/misc/style) gives
the following as an example of an expression that shouldn't have
any more parentheses than those strictly needed:
/*
* Unary operators don't require spaces, binary operators do. Don't
* use parenthesis unless they're required for precedence, or the
* statement is really confusing without them.
*/
a = b->c[0] + ~d == (e || f) || g && h ? i : j >> 1;
Can _anyone_ parse that in 5 seconds or less, or should
the comment and the example be changed/updated? :)
Brian
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