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yield + Gratuitous parentheses around expression

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Hey there thanks for the cool project,

I noticed the following error: the following code produce a “Gratuitous parentheses around expression”

if ((yield someGenerator()) === 1) {
}

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Created 9 years ago
Comments:8 (5 by maintainers)

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nzakascommented, Mar 9, 2015

Yup, the rule flags unnecessary parentheses. What is it you are reporting?

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Setonixcommented, Oct 27, 2017

Aha, good to know, thanks

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