In article <12312.1616877...@splode.eterna.com.au>, matthew green <m...@eterna.com.au> wrote: >> Sounds good. Will it mean that the following code is also preferred to >> use parentheses? I like the simplicity without the parentheses, but for >> consistency and simplicity of the rule set, I'd also accept the >> parenthesized version. >> >> snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s%s", arg1, arg2); > >FWIW, there's very little chance i'm *not* going to use this form. > >i've always applied the general () rule here -- don't have them >unless it's either necessary *or* useful for comprehension, and >that rule clearly says do not use them for the above case. so >maybe "prefer paren unless clear", allowing objective takes ;)
I would go for consistency; making grep and sed easier trumps aesthetics. christos
