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Re: Precedence of "C operators" and "bash operators"
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Precedence of "C operators" and "bash operators" |
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Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:45:28 -0500 |
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On 12/18/10 11:22 AM, 12bric wrote:
>
> Bash 4-1 manual indicates
> - "The operators and their precedence, associativity, and values are
> the same as in the C language" (pp. 27).
> - the precedence of - and + operators is different then the precedence
> of ! and ~.
>
> But in the book "C a reference manual" (Harbison & Steele), the four
> operators + - ! ~ have the same precedence.
>
> What's wrong ?
Thanks for the report. There are indeed some problems with the treatment
of unary + and - along with the ! and ~ operators. These will be fixed
in the next release.
Chet
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