From: Peter Eisentraut Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 16:05:21 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Even better example for operator precedence mis-parsing. X-Git-Tag: REL7_1~291 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=60774e821060dd6d6395504d4ccda107d2a71a42;p=postgresql Even better example for operator precedence mis-parsing. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml index 181d113a41..1e95caa637 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -905,17 +905,17 @@ sqrt(2) you will sometimes need to add parentheses when using combinations of binary and unary operators. For instance -SELECT 5 ! + 6; +SELECT 5 ! - 6; will be parsed as -SELECT 5 ! (+ 6); +SELECT 5 ! (- 6); because the parser has no idea -- until it is too late -- that ! is defined as a postfix operator, not an infix one. To get the desired behavior in this case, you must write -SELECT (5 !) + 6; +SELECT (5 !) - 6; This is the price one pays for extensibility.