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The GNU C++ compiler has a built-in extension for MIN and MAX that uses <?
and >? respectively as the binary operators.  Although I'd prefer that we
stick as close as possiblt to the standard C operators and function
syntax, if a variable-length MIN() and MAX() can't easily be developed
it's probably better to regard g++ as a sort of standard and re-use their
operators.

I think <? would be valuable even if min(a,b,c,d,...) existed, because in some
cases using the operator would yield a clearer expression. But I certainly
agree that sticking to standards is the way to go. Otherwise we might get more
functions like "loge" (should be "ln"), and operators like "#" (should be "!="
or "<>").
To this end, does anyone happen to know the precedence and associativity of these
operators? I.e.,
does a + b <? c mean (a + b) <? c or a + (b <? c)
does a <? b <? c mean (a <? b) <? c or a <? (b <? c)
does a * b <? c mean (a * b) <? c or a * (b <? c)
etc. I haven't been able to find this information online.

The token value for "<?" and ">?" is MAX_MIN.
And parse.y for gcc defines precedence rules:

%nonassoc THROW
%right <code> ':'
%right <code> ASSIGN '='
%right <code> '?'
%left <code> OROR
%left <code> ANDAND
%left <code> '|'
%left <code> '^'
%left <code> '&'
%left <code> MIN_MAX
%left <code> EQCOMPARE
%left <code> ARITHCOMPARE '<' '>'
%left <code> LSHIFT RSHIFT
%left <code> '+' '-'
%left <code> '*' '/' '%'
%left <code> POINTSAT_STAR DOT_STAR
%right <code> UNARY PLUSPLUS MINUSMINUS '~'
%left HYPERUNARY
%left <ttype> LEFT_RIGHT
%left <code> POINTSAT '.' '(' '['

a + b <? c   mean  (a + b) <? c
a * b <? c   mean  (a * b) <? c

This definition also says "<?" and ">?" are left associative.
So,

References:

Long expressions using MAX and MIN in CALC fields Redman, Russell O.

Re: Long expressions using MAX and MIN in CALC fields Andrew Johnson

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