coffeelint-prefer-fewer-parens

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Overview

coffeelint-prefer-fewer-parens defines a rule within the CoffeeLint eco-system.

When active, this CoffeeLint rule can find situations where you could've relied on CoffeeScript's implicit parenthesis.

Here are explicit parenthesis:

Math.pow(2, 3)

But the parens in this case are not needed. The following is equivalent:

Math.pow 2, 3

When this rule is configured, it actively rejects the former and pushes you to write the latter.

Motivation

I created the rule for two reasons:

1. I believe you should only have style rules that are enforceable via lint.
2. My team agreed that this was the best way to write CoffeeScript.

It is important to note that I do not like writing CoffeeScript this way. I think you are less likely to get in trouble if you always use explicit parens.

Putting my personal feelings aside, it is vital that a team be able to focus on analyzing the logic of a code change rather than losing even the smallest moment of time to stylistic concerns.

And so, I created this rule for us.