From: George Ogata <g_ogata@...>
Date: 2004-08-19T15:21:00+09:00
Subject: Re: When to use parentheses around method args?

Richard Dale <Richard_Dale@tipitina.demon.co.uk> writes:

> Are there any rules of thumb for when it's a good idea to leave out the
> brackets and when to use them?

I don't think there are "rules of thumb" for definitions, but assuming
you have a newline after the args (i.e., you're not squashing a whole
def...end on one line or something), parens on def-lines are _always_
redundant, thus I _never_ use them.  Perhaps it's just Emacs' syntax
highlighting, but I find it perfectly clear, even for operator-defs
like "def << x".

HTH.