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Larry, you're not the only one! (Even if others may unkindly suspect we do it because we don't know the precedence rules...) Mandy "Larry Loen" <lwloen@us.ibm.com> on 06/03/2001 20:12:38 Please respond to JAVA400-L@midrange.com To: JAVA400-L@midrange.com cc: (bcc: Mandy Shaw/Pacific/UK) Subject: RE: Vector question Eric Merritt wrote: >Joe, > Its true that this is unneeded, but it has been my >experience that this vastly improves the readability >of your code This reminds me of an age-old habit. I tend to use parenthesis, whether I need them or not, on a lot of expressions like: a = b + c * d; Not only are there languages in the world (APL and Pascal to name two I know) that don't evaluate this in the same way C and Java do, there remains the question not only "does the programmer remember the precedence rules" but also "did he really intend to rely on precedence, or did he leave out the parenthesis he needed". I say "he" here because "he" is usually "me" when I puzzle over code I wrote a few years back. So, while I usually don't do it for a few cases (-> in C, . in Java) I tend to use a lot more parenthesis than actually required so that I know, explicitly, what I was trying to do three years later. Larry W. Loen - Senior Java and AS/400 Performance Analyst Dept HP4, Rochester MN +--- | This is the JAVA/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to JAVA400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to JAVA400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to JAVA400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner: joe@zappie.net +--- Regards, Mandy Shaw Catalyst Solutions plc Kingfisher House Frimley Business Park Camberley Surrey GU16 5SG UK http://www.catalyst-solutions.com Email: Mandy.Shaw@uk.catalyst-solutions.com Telephone: +44 (0)870 166 1000 DDI: +44 870 166 1324 Facsimile: +44 870 168 3920 Mobile: +44 410 447966 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Catalyst Solutions plc. Registered No 2918101. Registered @ Kingfisher House, Frimley Business Park, Frimley, Surrey. GU16 5SG U.K. NOTICE: This message is intended only for the named addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, copy or take any action or place any reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify postmaster@catalyst-solutions.com and delete the message and any attachments accompanying it immediately. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- | This is the JAVA/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to JAVA400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to JAVA400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to JAVA400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner: joe@zappie.net +---
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