Re: operating with binary

Frederick Gotham wrote:
Dave Thompson posted:

.... snip ...

unsigned to_and_with = 1U << CHAR_BIT - 1;

You wanted 1U << (CHAR_BIT - 1).

Kindly consult an operator precedence table.

No, Dave is right. The parentheses, whether or not necessary in C,
greatly improve the readability. Whenever the order
"multiplicative, additive, logical" does not suffice parentheses
are in order.

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