The procedure GetPrecedence returns the precedence of icname.

The procedure SetPrecedence sets the precedence of icname to the value precedence.  The actual value is irrelevant except in comparison with the precedence of other Intermediate Code expressions for this language.

Precedence controls how an expression is printed in the target language; specifically, it controls when it is necessary to print parentheses to protect an expression.  For example, in most programming languages the precedence of multiplication is higher than that of addition, enabling x+y*z to be interpreted as x added to the product of y and z.  But if, using SetPrecedence, you set the precedence of Sum to a higher value than that of Product, the previous expression must be printed with parentheses for correctness.

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{CodeGeneration}\right)\:$

m := 'module() export PrintTarget, Printer;
   Printer := eval(LanguageDefinition[Get]("C")):-Printer;

   PrintTarget := proc(ic, digits::posint, prec::name, func_prec, namelist)::string;
      Printer:-PrintTarget(args);
   end proc:
   # set precedence of addition higher than that of multiplication
   Printer:-SetPrecedence(Names:-Sum = Printer:-GetPrecedence(Names:-Product)+5);
end module':

$\mathrm{LanguageDefinition}\left[\mathrm{Add}\right]\left(''MyLanguage''\,m\right)$

$\mathrm{Translate}\left(xy+z\,\mathrm{language}=''MyLanguage''\right)$

cg = (x * y) + z;