> "All operators have equal precedence, so parentheses are required..."
Just to play devil's advocate (aka be annoying); parentheses are operators.
Ref: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/208354/69247
Just to play devil's advocate (aka be annoying); parentheses are operators.
Ref: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/208354/69247
It comes from canonization process in Vatican where someone (who is not an actual satan worshiper or against the church) argued in favor of the devil (against the candidate) to force the other pro-sainthood side to provide good solid proof of the sainthood, miracles done, etc. of the candidate.
What you're doing is just being annoying by nitpicking the casual wording. There is no debate to be had from "parentheses are kinda operators" and the meaning of the original line was understandable, even if you consider parentheses operators.
WP describes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator_(computer_programming...
> Occasionally parts of a language may be described as "matchfix" or "circumfix" operators, either to simplify the language's description or implementation.
Bu then, the term "operator" seems to also have mathematical roots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator_(mathematics)
The relevant part seems to be the definition refering to syntax, or denotation:
> Operator is also used for denoting the symbol of a mathematical operation. This is related with the meaning of "operator" in computer programming
Now, whether "the symbol" implies a singular symbol, and excludes delimiter symbols might be a matter of semantics ;-)