I used to do it as well, but I'm not sure why either? (I learned C in the early 90s.) The reference material was never great back in those days, so maybe I just

I used to do it as well, but I'm not sure why either? (I learned C in the early 90s.) The reference material was never great back in those days, so maybe I just started doing it by extending the rules for if(), while(), for() and function calls and not getting any pushback from the compiler. Eventually I stopped because it saves 1 byte and means pressing fewer keys.