Re: [PATCH 0/30] return statement cleanup - kill pointless parentheses (fwd)

[Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>]

Hi!

> >Parenthesis around returns statements were driving me crazy for quite
> >a long time -- return is not a function and I do not think it should
> >look as one. Could we get this applied?
> 
> K&R-2 says "Parentheses are often used around the expression, but they
> are optional."

Of course it is valid C, but return(((((-ENOMEM))))); would be valid
C, too :-). It is also bad, because it makes return look like a
function call.

I'd like to at least get rid of 

	return(a);

form.

	return (a);

is slightly less ugly.
								Pavel
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