Re: [PATCH 1/5] proc: Make the generation of the self symlink tabledriven.

[Jan Engelhardt]

>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
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