Merge pull request #3056 from grahamc/operators

operators: document exact precedence, split up similar operators

1 files changed, 95 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/language-operators.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/language-operators.xml
index f1f750934..4f11bf529 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/language-operators.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/language-operators.xml
@@ -15,13 +15,16 @@ weakest binding).</para>
   <tgroup cols='3'>
     <thead>
       <row>
+        <entry>Name</entry>
         <entry>Syntax</entry>
         <entry>Associativity</entry>
         <entry>Description</entry>
+        <entry>Precedence</entry>
       </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
       <row>
+        <entry>Select</entry>
         <entry><replaceable>e</replaceable> <literal>.</literal>
         <replaceable>attrpath</replaceable>
         [ <literal>or</literal> <replaceable>def</replaceable> ]
@@ -33,19 +36,25 @@ weakest binding).</para>
         dot-separated list of attribute names.)  If the attribute
         doesn’t exist, return <replaceable>def</replaceable> if
         provided, otherwise abort evaluation.</entry>
+        <entry>1</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
+        <entry>Application</entry>
         <entry><replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></entry>
         <entry>left</entry>
         <entry>Call function <replaceable>e1</replaceable> with
         argument <replaceable>e2</replaceable>.</entry>
+        <entry>2</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
+        <entry>Arithmetic Negation</entry>
         <entry><literal>-</literal> <replaceable>e</replaceable></entry>
         <entry>none</entry>
         <entry>Arithmetic negation.</entry>
+        <entry>3</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
+        <entry>Has Attribute</entry>
         <entry><replaceable>e</replaceable> <literal>?</literal>
         <replaceable>attrpath</replaceable></entry>
         <entry>none</entry>
@@ -53,34 +62,69 @@ weakest binding).</para>
         the attribute denoted by <replaceable>attrpath</replaceable>;
         return <literal>true</literal> or
         <literal>false</literal>.</entry>
+        <entry>4</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
+        <entry>List Concatenation</entry>
         <entry><replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>++</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></entry>
         <entry>right</entry>
         <entry>List concatenation.</entry>
+        <entry>5</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
+        <entry>Multiplication</entry>
         <entry>
           <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>*</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>,
+        </entry>
+        <entry>left</entry>
+        <entry>Arithmetic multiplication.</entry>
+        <entry>6</entry>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <entry>Division</entry>
+        <entry>
           <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>/</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
         </entry>
         <entry>left</entry>
-        <entry>Arithmetic multiplication and division.</entry>
+        <entry>Arithmetic division.</entry>
+        <entry>6</entry>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <entry>Addition</entry>
+        <entry>
+          <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>+</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>left</entry>
+        <entry>Arithmetic addition.</entry>
+        <entry>7</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
+        <entry>Subtraction</entry>
         <entry>
-          <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>+</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>,
           <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>-</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
         </entry>
         <entry>left</entry>
-        <entry>Arithmetic addition and subtraction.  String or path concatenation (only by <literal>+</literal>).</entry>
+        <entry>Arithmetic subtraction.</entry>
+        <entry>7</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
+        <entry>String Concatenation</entry>
+        <entry>
+          <replaceable>string1</replaceable> <literal>+</literal> <replaceable>string2</replaceable>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>left</entry>
+        <entry>String concatenation.</entry>
+        <entry>7</entry>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <entry>Not</entry>
         <entry><literal>!</literal> <replaceable>e</replaceable></entry>
         <entry>none</entry>
         <entry>Boolean negation.</entry>
+        <entry>8</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
+        <entry>Update</entry>
         <entry><replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>//</literal>
         <replaceable>e2</replaceable></entry>
         <entry>right</entry>
@@ -89,47 +133,90 @@ weakest binding).</para>
         <replaceable>e2</replaceable> (with the latter taking
         precedence over the former in case of equally named
         attributes).</entry>
+        <entry>9</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
+        <entry>Less Than</entry>
         <entry>
           <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>&lt;</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>,
-          <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>&gt;</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>,
-          <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>&lt;=</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>,
+        </entry>
+        <entry>none</entry>
+        <entry>Arithmetic comparison.</entry>
+        <entry>10</entry>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <entry>Less Than or Equal To</entry>
+        <entry>
+          <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>&lt;=</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>none</entry>
+        <entry>Arithmetic comparison.</entry>
+        <entry>10</entry>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <entry>Greater Than</entry>
+        <entry>
+          <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>&gt;</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>none</entry>
+        <entry>Arithmetic comparison.</entry>
+        <entry>10</entry>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <entry>Greater Than or Equal To</entry>
+        <entry>
           <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>&gt;=</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
         </entry>
         <entry>none</entry>
         <entry>Arithmetic comparison.</entry>
+        <entry>10</entry>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <entry>Equality</entry>
+        <entry>
+          <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>==</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>none</entry>
+        <entry>Equality.</entry>
+        <entry>11</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
+        <entry>Inequality</entry>
         <entry>
-          <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>==</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>,
           <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>!=</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
         </entry>
         <entry>none</entry>
-        <entry>Equality and inequality.</entry>
+        <entry>Inequality.</entry>
+        <entry>11</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
+        <entry>Logical AND</entry>
         <entry><replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>&amp;&amp;</literal>
         <replaceable>e2</replaceable></entry>
         <entry>left</entry>
         <entry>Logical AND.</entry>
+        <entry>12</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
+        <entry>Logical OR</entry>
         <entry><replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>||</literal>
         <replaceable>e2</replaceable></entry>
         <entry>left</entry>
         <entry>Logical OR.</entry>
+        <entry>13</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
+        <entry>Logical Implication</entry>
         <entry><replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>-></literal>
         <replaceable>e2</replaceable></entry>
         <entry>none</entry>
         <entry>Logical implication (equivalent to
         <literal>!<replaceable>e1</replaceable> ||
         <replaceable>e2</replaceable></literal>).</entry>
+        <entry>14</entry>
       </row>
     </tbody>
   </tgroup>
 </table>
 
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+</section>