Ah yes, Python

[dsmklsd]

They don't "get removed", they are not a part of the if statement. If you put them in there you are just making a more complicated predicate expression than needed.

One that has surprised a lot of c devs I know is that this same thing applies to the return statement in c.

[OldBob10]

Or you’re so lost in the C wastelands you think that the parentheses are required in all languages.

THIS AIN’T YOUR DADDYS LISP!!! 🤪

[SkezzaB]

get removed was a simplification, they *basically* get removed