> > # a.f() == f(a) ==> I don't use it. Unnecessary parentheses hurt > readability. Note that in languages such as Eiffel, this is normal. >
personally, I like the Scala convention:
* if it does side effects, and/or mutate state, then use parens:
f.read()
v.print()
t.makeChild()
* otherwise, if it's equivalent to a field and/or processing time is
negligible, drop the parens:
a.value
x.asInt
treeNode.left
etc.
