No parenthesis for assert?

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 12-01-2012 16:57, Manfred Nowak wrote:
> Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:
>> Is there any reason parentheses are required
> Yes.
>
>> for all other use cases, it would be a nice thing to have.
> Maybe, but only when no `assert'-expression(!) is evaluated ever ...
> Because making parenthesis optional for `assert' would introduce
> ambiguities.
>
> -manfred

Right, it would only make sense when it's used as a statement 
expression. In all other cases, it wouldn't work, of course.

- Alex