I interpreted GP's comment as asking what the precedence of == was (assumably in C, given that we're discussing a post by Dennis Ritchie). On second read it cou

I interpreted GP's comment as asking what the precedence of == was (assumably in C, given that we're discussing a post by Dennis Ritchie). On second read it could also be interpreted as asking what a good precedence for == would be, in which case you're absolutely right. Sorry about that.