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From: David Sletten <david.paul.sletten@gmail.com>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, alx.manpages@gmail.com
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Error in 'man operator'
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:11:32 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4cc4d818-58ad-529e-dd25-df3cb0fae66d@gmail.com> (raw)

Hi,

I've run across what I believe is a minor error in the man page for C 
operators (https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/operator.7.html ).

The man page lists casting in the 2nd row of the table:

        Operator Associativity   Notes
        () [] -> . ++ --                    left to right [1]
        ! ~ ++ -- + - (type) * & sizeof     right to left [2]
        * / %                               left to right

However, in "C A Reference Manual" (5th ed.), table 7-3 on pg. 205 shows 
that all of the operators in row 2 above have a precedence of 15 except 
for casts which have a precedence of 14. Consequently, the man page 
should display casts as the (new) 3rd row in the table above.

Thanks for your effort in maintaining this documentation.

-- 

Have all good days!
David Sletten


             reply	other threads:[~2021-08-27 18:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-27 18:11 David Sletten [this message]
2021-08-27 23:39 ` Error in 'man operator' Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-08-28  0:01   ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-08-28  0:08     ` David Sletten
2021-08-28 10:56       ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-08-28  0:17     ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-08-28  0:20       ` David Sletten
2021-08-28  5:43       ` Jakub Wilk
2021-08-28 10:50         ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)

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