Re: Lindent fixed to match reality

["Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 12:43:36AM +0100, David Weinehall wrote:
> "Everyone" also sprinkles far too many parenthesis for their own code,
> just to be sure.  I've seen code such as
> 
> a = b * c + 1;
> 
> written as
> 
> a = ((b * c) + 1);
>  
> The question is rather, why should you insert superfluous parenthesis
> when they do no semantic difference, and do not improve readability in
> any way?  

I disagree; sometimes adding a few extra parenthesis *does* improve
readability, especially if the expression is complex.  Of course, if
it's that complex, you might be better off defining a few extra
variables and having named sub-expressions (it shouldn't make a
difference to a good compiler).

						- Ted