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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Display filter and/or precedence

From: Evan Huus <eapache@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 14:46:55 -0400
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Laura Chappell and Sean Walberg recently discovered that logical OR
> takes precedence over logical AND in display filters. Is there any
> reason we shouldn't reverse this so that we match the order of
> operations elsewhere (including BPF)?

The fact they had to *discover* this is probably indicative of
something, but +1 for being consistent with the rest of the world.

> Should we add a bitwise OR as well?

Until now I didn't even know we had bitwise AND, but I think it makes sense :)

Just my two cents,
Evan