Michael Paquier <mich...@paquier.xyz> writes: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 02:40:09PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> Agreed, but shouldn't we just drop the excess parens rather than >> doubling down on useless notation?
> Using a notation like ((a & b) != 0) to enforce a boolean check after
> the bitwise operation is the usual notation I've preferred, FWIW. Do
> you mean something different here?
Yeah --- the "!= 0" is pointless in the context of an if-test.
regards, tom lane
