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Re: flags & flagMask == flagMask can be true for flags != flagMask if flags is a superset of flagMask ?

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On 18/08/2022 17:43, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
> 
>> 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 ()?
> 
> Yes, in the UK "brackets" are somewhat generic (i.e. any matched pair of
> symbols used to convey some extra meaning could be called brackets), but
> the default meaning is "()".  The pair "[]" are "square brackets" and
> "{}" are "curly brackets", though "braces" has taken hold as the name
> for "{}" among computer programmers.  For completeness, "<>" are usually
> called "angle brackets".
> 
> "Parentheses" is a well-understood term here, but sounds a tiny bit
> pretentious!
> 

That matches my understanding (also UK).

> Are the terms used in the USA absolutely fixed and unambiguous?
> I.e. are "brackets" always "[]" even to a linguist?
> 

The etymology of "brackets" is a fun story.  Brackets (the square ones) 
were introduced to typography in the early days of Guttenberg's press, 
used to support the lines of type.  Given their function and appearance 
was similar to the "brackets" used to support the walls of Gothic 
cathedrals, they inherited that name.  The cathedral supports got their 
name because someone thought they reminded him of Henry VII's rather 
exaggerated codpiece - and codpieces were sometimes called "brackets" 
meaning "little trousers", the word being a bastardisation of a Breton 
word for "trousers" (which no self-respecting Frenchman or Englishman 
would ever wear at that time) and a French suffix meaning "little".

So if we want to be entirely clear, we should refer to the array 
subscript operator in C as "little trousers", or perhaps codpieces!

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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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