docs: clarify mixed comparison/equality in operator precedence#9864
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Summary
Document that mixed consecutive comparison/equality operators such as
a < b == canda == b < care also unsupported in the operator precedence reference, and point readers to explicit conjunctions or parenthesized boolean comparisons instead.Type of change
Why is this change needed?
The operator precedence page currently groups comparison and equality operators in the same precedence row and explains left-to-right associativity, but it only documents unsupported homogeneous chains such as
a < b < canda == b == c. That leaves a real ambiguity for mixed forms likea < b == canda == b < c, which users can reasonably expect to parse from the precedence table alone. The parser rejects these forms withE1028.What was the behavior or documentation before?
The page did not state that mixed consecutive comparison/equality operators are rejected.
What is the behavior or documentation after?
The page explicitly documents that mixed forms such as
a < b == canda == b < care unsupported and points to explicit conjunctions or parenthesized boolean comparisons instead.Related issue or discussion (if any)
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Additional context
This matches the parser behavior for consecutive comparison/equality operators and follows the recent
docs: clarify ...operator-documentation pattern already merged in this repository.