linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scrpits: Remove unneeded assignment parentheses

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Date:   Thu, 21 May 2020 15:28:35 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Xu Wang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>,
        dwmw2@...radead.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scrpits: Remove unneeded assignment parentheses

James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com> wrote:

> > Remove unneeded assignment parentheses.
> 
> I really don't think this is a good idea.  Best practice for macros is
> to parenthesize every argument even if there are technically some cases
> where it's unnecessary because the problems in the majority cases are
> huge and unexpected.

Yep.

David