From: Dave Bass <davebass@...>
Date: 2008-12-28T20:58:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Syntax error I don't understand

Something I learned many years and several languages ago: "When in 
doubt, use parentheses." This avoids having to learn complicated rules 
governing operator precedence etc, rules which can vary from one 
language to another.

As a result my Ruby code probably has more () pairs than strictly 
necessary. But I believe in letting the computer do the work rather than 
busting my brain to reduce the source code by a few bytes.

As a compromise I sometimes strip out () pairs until the code fails the 
unit tests, and then replace the last pair. ;-)

Dave
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