Tags
code clarity, computer programming, operator precedence, order of operations, parentheses, readable code, software design
Enough stories, time for a new rule. Which is to always use parentheses in all except the simplest of math expressions. Languages have a precedence protocol, so the compiler can figure it out, but human readers may be confused.
As always, the underlying motivation involves code clarity for other humans reading the source code — the most important rule of all.
