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Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!)

From Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.ada
Subject Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!)
Date 2026-02-13 13:57 -0800
Organization None to speak of
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Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:22:03 -0000 (UTC), Nioclás Pól Caileán de
> Ghloucester wrote:
>
>> ... experience shows that developers are often loath to insert what
>> they consider to be redundant parenthesis (because “Everybody knows
>> what the precedence is ...
>
> Or because, you know, if in doubt they can refer to the documentation,
> which they always keep handy, right?

Certainly, but consulting the documentation can increase the time it
takes to read an expression by an order of magnitude or more.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!) Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-01-07 13:01 +0100
  Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-07 20:27 +0000
    Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!) Kevin Chadwick <kc-usenet@chadwicks.me.uk> - 2026-01-10 10:07 +0000
      Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-10 21:01 +0000
        Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!) dirk@orka.cs.kuleuven.be. (Dirk Craeynest) - 2026-01-11 18:29 +0000
          Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-11 20:21 +0000
            Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!) dirk@orka.cs.kuleuven.be. (Dirk Craeynest) - 2026-01-12 09:55 +0000
          Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!) Bill Findlay <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2026-01-12 16:13 +0000
        Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!) Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-02-13 12:22 +0000
          Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-13 21:46 +0000
            Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!) Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-02-13 13:57 -0800

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