C doesn't allow multiple increments chaining together

[santoshkavhar]

MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Operator_precedence

What specific section or headline is this issue about?

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What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

...you can't chain multiple increments together either, as you may do in C.

What did you expect to see?

...you can't chain multiple increments together either, as you may do in C++.

Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

Try compiling the code for c and then for c++.

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• Folder: en-us/web/javascript/reference/operators/operator_precedence
• MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Operator_precedence
• GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/javascript/reference/operators/operator_precedence/index.md
• Last commit: acfa52e
• Document last modified: 2025-09-22T18:18:07.000Z

[santoshkavhar]

Also this chaining is only allowed for pre-increments and not for post.

[kashish2710]

I’ve opened a PR to clarify this wording. The updated text specifies that increment chaining is only possible in C++ for pre-increment expressions, which avoids the incorrect implication about C and post-increment.