From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:48:16 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
      
   > On 8/18/2025 7:45 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:21:07 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Should one use parentheses to specify evaluation explicit instead of   
   >>> relying on operator precedence?   
   >>>   
   >>> I do think so.   
   >>   
   >> Parentheses are best used lightly -- where needed, maybe a little bit   
   >> more than that, and that’s it.   
   >>   
   >> Otherwise parenthesis clutter introduces its own obstacles to   
   >> readability.   
   >   
   > That is not the mantra among people who try to prevent future errors.   
      
   There are people who just repeat what they are told, aren’t there, instead   
   of learning from actual experience.   
      
   >>> Even if the operator precedence seems clear to you, it might not be to   
   >>> others—you shouldn’t assume that other programmers know precedence as   
   >>> well as you do.   
   >>   
   >> I assume that they are just as able to read the spec as you are.   
   >   
   > able to <> will   
      
   Let’s just say, my code gives them the incentive to do so.   
      
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