Operator associativity in C specifically prefix and postfix increment and decrement

Question

In C operation associativity is as such for increment, decrement and assignment.

  2. postfix ++ and -- 
  3. prefix ++ and -- 
  16. Direct assignment = 
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Answer 1

The postfix operator a++ will increment a and then return the original value i.e. similar to this:

{ temp=a; a=a+1; return temp; }

and the prefix ++a will return the new value i.e.

{ a=a+1; return a; }

This is irrelevant to the operator precedence.

(And associativity governs whether a-b-c equals to (a-b)-c or a-(b-c).)