From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18375 invoked from network); 19 Jun 2008 12:29:19 -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; 19 Jun 2008 12:29:19 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 43196 invoked from network); 19 Jun 2008 12:29:15 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 19 Jun 2008 12:29:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 10461 invoked by alias); 19 Jun 2008 12:29:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 25215 Received: (qmail 10449 invoked from network); 19 Jun 2008 12:29:11 -0000 Received: from bifrost.dotsrc.org (130.225.254.106) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 19 Jun 2008 12:29:11 -0000 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.241]) by bifrost.dotsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3A858084FA0 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:29:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b33so183771ana.13 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:29:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=tbtONmsuX8tF8vXsBfwD+IdzUNUX9dJyHJzbZGxaIi4=; b=rebH4fafcTeXl4NwHPF84MkjHSTRp4dYIX+/BvyQGLi4fOeY999REitOaSFtTITffA UzmKnuwWCrRc0ZfhRwLNl/RGW80t/y7BLVyr5153eTKkjBvZdm3wSOWde5HPHGJcuftm fevzh0F5YcNBA7RmgpCnpd7JBNwfTT/P2V3Xc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=R8lHTNip+p/iyK82SEGWj028P8lj1P3K9JWz9tAEOVR9voqadHkfkbEE1BcPCY0ZyX sXmnIffAp0FJQj7qTjKILslu3rjJV5KYaXflocSOrPtsav/qiiuiZIETrLPM7c7fR8JG jGWo0mDHNpXr8juFCnRtw1apZdv04FTnjb8so= Received: by 10.100.249.10 with SMTP id w10mr3111177anh.156.1213878544366; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:29:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.43.19 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:29:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2d460de70806190529p1255b8b5mfe2fb2c1e1d7ba35@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:29:03 +0200 From: "Richard Hartmann" To: "Peter Stephenson" Subject: Re: arithmetic operator precedence Cc: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk In-Reply-To: <200806190958.m5J9w7BJ006695@news01.csr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080612095723.GF5113@sc.homeunix.net> <2d460de70806170219k12ff4cadn441b52c48bf8076f@mail.gmail.com> <20080617094509.GC5016@sc.homeunix.net> <2d460de70806170324o5a44609x9383cc2445d67dd6@mail.gmail.com> <20080617103829.GD5016@sc.homeunix.net> <20080617114340.398c731f@news01> <20080617112815.GF10734@prunille.vinc17.org> <200806171146.m5HBkhfR013230@news01.csr.com> <200806190958.m5J9w7BJ006695@news01.csr.com> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/7505/Thu Jun 19 08:25:19 2008 on bifrost X-Virus-Status: Clean On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 11:58, Peter Stephenson wrote: > That seems a good idea in any case. Can you add that this is done to remain both backwards and shell- compatible and that this is not what a 'real' language/calculator will do? Perhaps even include a reference to the POSIX argument. Personally, I still think it is better to be compatbile to accepted math syntax than to the older/other implementations, but.. :) Richard