Cosmetics

Doc/Sd1/statements.xml

@@ -529,13 +529,6 @@ Found: <emphasis role="red">int</emphasis></screen>
                     <para>In math <quote>=</quote> denotes the equality of
                     objects <abbrev>e.g.</abbrev> values, sets, functions and
                     so on.</para>
-
-                    <para>More formally the expression <code
-                    language="java">count = 4</code> is of type <code
-                    language="java">int</code> evaluating to 4 (surprise!).
-                    However an <code language="java">if (...)</code> operates
-                    on <code language="java">boolean</code> values only. We
-                    thus must not supply expressions of any other type.</para>
                   </glossdef>
                 </glossentry>
 
@@ -559,15 +552,19 @@ Found: <emphasis role="red">int</emphasis></screen>
                     </itemizedlist>
 
                     <para>In particular an expression like <code
-                    language="java">count == 4</code> is of type boolean:
-                    Either <code language="java">true</code> or <code
+                    language="java">count == 4</code> is of type boolean being
+                    either <code language="java">true</code> or <code
                     language="java">false</code>.</para>
                   </glossdef>
                 </glossentry>
               </glosslist>
 
-              <para>Thus <code language="java">count = 4</code> is an
-              expression evaluating to 4. So the code in question may be
+              <para>More formally the expression <code language="java">count =
+              4</code> is of type <code language="java">int</code> evaluating
+              to 4 (surprise!). However an <code language="java">if
+              (...)</code> operates on <code language="java">boolean</code>
+              values only and <code language="java">if (4)</code> thus does
+              not make sense at all. The code in question may therefore be
               re-written as:</para>
 
               <programlisting language="java">int count = 1;
@@ -579,7 +576,7 @@ if (countAssignment) { <emphasis role="red">// Error: An int is not a boolean!</
 }</programlisting>
 
               <para>Since the assignment operator is being evaluated from
-              right to left we do not need braces:</para>
+              right to left we actually do not need braces:</para>
 
               <programlisting language="java">...
 int countAssignment = count = 4; // Assigning expression count = 4 to variable countAssignment
@@ -596,7 +593,8 @@ int countAssignment = count = 4; // Assigning expression count = 4 to variable c
 final boolean test = (count == 4); // Now using "==" (comparison) in favour of "=" (assignment)
 System.out.println("test=" + test);</programlisting>
 
-              <para>Again we may omit braces here:</para>
+              <para>Again we may omit braces here due to operator priority
+              rules:</para>
 
               <programlisting language="java">...
 final boolean test = count == 4; // Now using "==" (comparison) in favour of "=" (assignment)