Proposal: SA1407 configurability

Would it be possible to configure ‘aggressivity’ of SA1407 some how? It’s nice rule, but we’re not using it now because of its excessive agressivity.

Some examples where the precedence is obvious and required bracket makes only cluter:

a * b + c
a * b + c * d
a + b / c

versus

(a * b) + c
(a * b) + (c * d)
a + (b / c)

[sharwell]

It looks like this is a wontfix based on the current responses.

[GregReddick]

👎 I think the point of the rule is that a programmer doesn’t need to count on the order of precedence of operators in C#. When I did C programming, I kept a little chart on the precedence of the various operators taped to my monitor so I could figure out what was actually happening with some of the more complex C statements written by other people. With this rule in place, there is no need for a chart like that. Remember that unsafe code is almost C.

Of course, if a statement only has * and + in it, most people know the order, but I think it still makes the code more clear. I also makes it really clear what the programmer who wrote the code intended.