Parenthesis

[Wolven]

== Quote from Gregor Richards (Richards at codu.org)'s article
> NN wrote:
> > What about removing unuseful parenthesis in 'if', 'for', 'while' ?
> > E.g. instead of:
> > if(a == b)
> > {
> >   while(c)
> >   {
> >      ...
> >   }
> > }
> > We can write:
> > if a == b
> > {
> >   while c
> >   {
> >      ...
> >   }
> > }
> Does anybody have a spoon I can stab into my eyes? Thanks.
> >
> > If someone writes parenthesis the code will compile too.
> > So this is almost backwards compatible feature.
> And with only the price of making elegant code become inelegant, ugly
> code! Fantastic!
> >
> > What about 'if' with one expression ?
> > Almost everyone writes curly brackets for more than one expression, so there
they will be always written, and there will be no bugs.
> ... what? Most people write curly brackets if they have more than one
> /statement/ (that's the word you're looking for), but with only one
> simple statement I'd say it's more like a 50-50 split.
>   - Gregor Richards


"Elegance" is in the eyes of the beholder...   I agree with the original poster.
All the meaningless (or not really necessary) parenthesis are, in my eyes,
hideous.  Along with the curly braces, and other C style syntax.  I'm sure
shorthand looks "elegant", to those that read and write it.  To the rest of us, it
looks like scribbling... much like C style syntax.  Of course, I'll at least admit
I'm biased.