C style peeve

[Larry Jones]

In article <2205 at osc.COM>, jgk at osc.COM (Joe Keane) writes:
> [ return(2+2) instead of return 2+2 ]
> 
> It's a shame the compiler lets them get away with it, and i think the extra
> parentheses should be strictly illegal.  Unfortunately, for some reason the
> ANSI committee didn't like this suggestion.

Say what?!?  The thing after the return keyword in an
>expression<.  Expressions, last I heard, are allowed to contain
parentheses -- even redundant ones.  Do you want to disallow all
redundant parentheses?  Some redundant parentheses?  What?

Personally, I find the idea morally repugnant.  I happen to agree
with you that the parentheses on return statements are ugly and
people who use them should be severely teased, but trying to
change the language to enforce a particular style is way out of
line.
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