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Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 23:37:56 +1000
Subject: Re: First python program, syntax error in while loop
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On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> On the other hand, I've long since given up trying to remember operator
> precedence in various languages.  If I ever have even the slightest
> doubt, I just go ahead and put in the extra parens.

If I ever have even the slightest doubt, I just go ahead and type
"<language> operator precedence" into a web search and check it :)
Aside from utter insanity like PHP's ternary operator being wrongly
associative, that covers pretty much everything.

ChrisA