X2 devices and parentheses

[pscs]

According to the manual (book 2 page 23), X2 devices are supposed to allow expressions like:

w2 = (b8 + b9) * 7
or

but when I do this I get a syntax error, and I have to split it into two expressions.

Is this a bug in the manual, programming software, or me?

[hippy]

Unfortunately the manual in this case is running ahead of the implementation and this capability is not yet available.

[nick12ab]

As PICAXE maths works left to right, your code will work properly without brackets. BIDMAS is not taken into account on PICAXE.