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Date:      Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:14:05 -0800 (PST)
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_bus.c
Message-ID:  <20040330111248.Q81785@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.44.0403301122110.26353-100000@yellow.csi.cam.ac.uk>
References:  <Pine.SOL.4.44.0403301122110.26353-100000@yellow.csi.cam.ac.uk>

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On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Tony Finch wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Nate Lawson wrote:
> >
> > Parens only indicate associativity, they cannot override precedence.
>
> They can do both.
>
> 	a + (b + c) // overriding associativity
> 	a * (b + c) // overriding precedence
>
> They cannot control order of evaluation.

Correct.  I meant to say that but was a bit addled from returning from a
trip.  Thanks.  Things like this are meaningless:
  *(ptr++)

-Nate



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