From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29039 invoked from network); 17 Jun 2008 10:43:59 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.4 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 17 Jun 2008 10:43:59 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 50703 invoked from network); 17 Jun 2008 10:43:54 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Jun 2008 10:43:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 17093 invoked by alias); 17 Jun 2008 10:43:50 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 25177 Received: (qmail 17082 invoked from network); 17 Jun 2008 10:43:50 -0000 Received: from bifrost.dotsrc.org (130.225.254.106) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Jun 2008 10:43:50 -0000 Received: from cluster-d.mailcontrol.com (cluster-d.mailcontrol.com [217.69.20.190]) by bifrost.dotsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3034F8028AC3 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:43:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from cameurexb01.EUROPE.ROOT.PRI ([193.128.72.68]) by rly26d.srv.mailcontrol.com (MailControl) with ESMTP id m5HAheLK028711 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:43:41 +0100 Received: from news01 ([10.103.143.38]) by cameurexb01.EUROPE.ROOT.PRI with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:43:39 +0100 Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:43:40 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson To: Zsh hackers list Subject: Re: arithmetic operator precedence Message-ID: <20080617114340.398c731f@news01> In-Reply-To: <20080617103829.GD5016@sc.homeunix.net> References: <20080612095723.GF5113@sc.homeunix.net> <20080616080726.GP10734@prunille.vinc17.org> <20080616144211.276fb0e3@pws-pc> <2d460de70806170219k12ff4cadn441b52c48bf8076f@mail.gmail.com> <20080617094509.GC5016@sc.homeunix.net> <2d460de70806170324o5a44609x9383cc2445d67dd6@mail.gmail.com> <20080617103829.GD5016@sc.homeunix.net> Organization: CSR X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Jun 2008 10:43:39.0897 (UTC) FILETIME=[011D5E90:01C8D067] X-Scanned-By: MailControl A-08-50-03 (www.mailcontrol.com) on 10.68.0.136 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/7494/Tue Jun 17 06:46:03 2008 on bifrost X-Virus-Status: Clean On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:38:29 +0100 Stephane Chazelas wrote: > Anyway, I was just curious about Peter's statement. I'm most > probably not as versed in maths as he is, so was curious about > the rationale behind his statement about -3**2 = 9 not being > mathematically correct. That was Vincent. I'm inclined to leave the shell the way it is since there seems to be no widespread agreement on having C_PRECEDENCES (which probably few people will set explicitly) different from other shells (for which it will automatically be used in the appropriate emulation). -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070