Re: To parens or not parens in chained method calls

[Your Mother]

I personally prefer to remove all parens that are unnecessary for the compiler. Something else I tend to do with chained methods–

$obj->other_obj
    ->method;
# /* I do it in JS too :P */
$.ajax({blah blah})
    .done()
    .fail();

[choroba]

I've even met style where the indentation changed when a different object was returned:

$object->color('red')
       ->width(3.7)
       ->child
           ->color('green')
# etc.