Re: strange case of "if ((a & b))"

On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 09:31:11PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 02:40:09PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)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?
>
> I believe I got the impression from Michael that there was a style preference
> to write != 0.
>
> 0002 is a bonus patch I found in my typos branch. I will hold onto it for
> later if nobody wants to deal with it.

I am ready to deal with this patch. Should I apply it to master soon?

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