Subj : Re: SM & typeof operator
To   : Shanti Rao
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Sat Jun 19 2004 07:37 pm

Shanti Rao wrote:
> Ah, of course. typeof is an operator, not a function.

Right, which is why I write typeof foo, not typeof(foo) -- same for 
delete (and for sizeof operating on an expression, not a type, in C and 
C++).  Then there's no chance of confusion.  Over-parenthesizing may 
seem less confusing if you want everything to appear to be a function, 
but then you can run afoul of operator precedence.

It's not nice to fool Mother Grammar :-).

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