Operator precedence problem

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 11:57 pm, Random832 wrote:

> Okay, can we settle on, as a principle, "the basic arithmetic operators
> (not to include **)  are the only ones whose precedence can be presumed
> to be obvious to all readers, 

Agreed.

> and other expressions may/should have 
> parentheses to make it more clear, even when not strictly necessary to
> the meaning of the expression"?

Sure, why not? So long as it is a "should" and not a "must".


> Sure, it's obvious to _me_ that << and >> have higher precedence than &
> and |, and that "and" has a higher precedence than "or", 

Do they?

https://docs.python.org/2/reference/expressions.html#operator-precedence

Blimey, you're right. I always thought `and` and `or` had the same
precedence. And now that I know better, I have no doubt that I will forget
it again.



-- 
Steven