"M.E.Farmer" <mefjr75 at hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1116109657.494997.315650 at o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > But if the parens are just fluff then get rid of them, it is clearer * > at least to me * ;) While I find unnecessary parens on the right of '=' tolerable, I agree as to the style preference. Terry J. Reedy