Agreed. It's why we've tried to be careful with lambda/hash/call syntax in CoffeeScript, especially where some of it is optional, and can be left out. For examp

Agreed. It's why we've tried to be careful with lambda/hash/call syntax in CoffeeScript, especially where some of it is optional, and can be left out. For example: x = [1, 2].map (i) -> i * 2 ... is without optional parens. x = [1, 2].map((i) -> i * 2) ... is with them. configure start: 10, end: 25 ... is the syntax for calling a method and passing an implicit hash -- and with the optional braces and parens added, it's closer to JavaScript... configure({start: 10, end: 25})