Re: Power function as operator
| From: | Chris London | Date: | Fri, 22 Nov 2013 21:06:44 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Power function as operator | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 4 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Sherif Ramadan <theanomaly.is@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Tjerk Meesters <tjerk.meesters@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> > 2 ** 3 ** 2 == 512
> >
>
>
> That looks very wrong. pow(pow(2,3),2) == 64
>
> Exponent precedence should always be one higher than multiplication
> precedence.
>
I don't know if we consider Google to be the authority but they also do 512:
2 ^ 3 ^ 2 = 512
https://www.google.com/search?q=2+%5E+3+%5E+2