From: Mikael Brockman <mikael@...>
Date: 2004-08-19T23:31:08+09:00
Subject: Re: When to use parentheses around method args?

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

> Martin DeMello wrote:
> 
> > George Ogata <g_ogata@optushome.com.au> wrote:
> >> 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".
> > 
> > Whereas I always use them for defs, since it fits my perception of x as
> > a placeholding parameter rather than a value.
> That's what I've done so far, but I might try Mikael's suggestion:
> 
> Mikael Brockman wrote:
> > In method definitions, I use parens unless there's only one argument.
> > In method calls, I use parens when I need to, or when omitting them
> > looks weird.

Er, not that it really matters, but I meant to say ``unless the argument
list is empty.''

  mikael