Is it to visually distinguish from an empty return? That is, return 1; is visually closer to return; than return (1); is. So this could be a way o

Is it to visually distinguish from an empty return? That is, return 1; is visually closer to return; than return (1); is. So this could be a way of signaling "hey, I'm returning a value here, not just leaving the function". But I'm just speculating...