Use of 'standalone parentheses'
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Published on 2010-05-05T11:43:02Z
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I just answered a question where I advised removing parentheses around a statement and was asked why, to which I had no answer when I realised that it caused no errors/warnings. I could only cite bad practice. But maybe I'm the one missing something...
I did my own tests:
(print('!')); // Outputs '!'
((print('!!'))); // Outputs '!!'
(1); // No output
(qwerty); // No output
(1==2); // No output
(1=2); // Syntax error
// etc...
Can someone shed some light on whats going on and of what use are 'standalone parentheses'?
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