A curriosity in the C compiler...

[Andrew Koenig]

In article <530 at uvicctr.UUCP>, sbanner1 at uvicctr.UUCP (S. John Banner) writes:
 
> /*
> 	This is a quick test of the C compiler, for implied bracketing...
> This will determine if the expression "a = b == c" is parsed
> as "(a = b) == c" (which is correct), or as "a = (b == c)" (which
> is not).
> */

The expression

	a = b == c

is correctly parsed as

	a = (b == c)

despite the comment above to the contrary.
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				--Andrew Koenig
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