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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: strange case of "if ((a & b))"
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Msg-id 2896014.1619635209@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to strange case of "if ((a & b))"  (Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>)
Responses Re: strange case of "if ((a & b))"  (Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>)
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Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com> writes:
> These look strange to me - the inner parens don't do anything.
> I wouldn't write it with 2x parens for the same reason I wouldn't write it with
> 8x parens.

Agreed, but shouldn't we just drop the excess parens rather than
doubling down on useless notation?

            regards, tom lane

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