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Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if

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On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 16:47:17 +0100
Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> wrote:
>On 18/08/2022 16:29, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> Muttley@dastardlyhq.com writes:
>>> On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 09:58:59 +0200
>> 
>>>> As far as I understood that was exactly what they where aiming for.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the precedence heads-up.
>>>
>>> If in doubt just use brackets. They're free.
>> 
>> Parentheses work even better.   Unless bracket [] is UK
>> for parentheses ()?
>> 
>
>I would describe both () and [] as types of brackets (round and square
>respectively, with round 
>being assumed if unqualified).
>
>I'm a UK person.  Wikipedia suggests "In most English-speaking countries, an
>unqualified 'bracket' 
>refers to the round bracket; in the United States, the square bracket.". 

Even when talking about English prose "brackets" has always meant () , eg
putting something in brackets. I can't imagine why in the USA it would mean
[]. But then american english can be a bit strange sometimes.

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flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2022-08-18 07:55 +0200
  Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Ike Naar <ike@sdf.org> - 2022-08-18 06:52 +0000
    Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2022-08-18 09:58 +0200
      Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-18 14:50 +0000
        Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2022-08-18 17:12 +0200
        Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-18 15:29 +0000
          Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-18 16:43 +0100
            Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-18 16:10 +0000
            Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-18 21:19 +0200
              Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-08-19 02:57 +0200
                Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-19 08:29 +0200
            Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-08-19 08:12 -0700
          Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2022-08-18 16:47 +0100
            Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-18 15:50 +0000
            Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-18 10:46 -0700
              Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-18 11:30 -0700
          Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-18 15:47 +0000
        Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-08-19 08:53 -0700
          Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-19 18:00 +0200
          Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-19 16:10 +0000
            Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-08-19 16:45 -0700
    Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-08-19 06:01 +0000
      Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-19 16:07 +0100
      Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-19 16:08 +0100
  Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2022-08-18 16:14 +0100
    Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2022-08-18 18:10 +0200
  Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-08-18 11:56 -0700
    Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2022-08-18 21:31 +0200
      Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-08-18 21:24 -0700
        Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2022-08-19 09:36 +0200

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