The use of parentheses, even those not required to enforce a desired order of operations, can clarify the intent behind a piece of code. But redundant pairs of parentheses could be misleading, and should be removed.
if (a && ((x + y > 0))) // Noncompliant
{
//...
}
return ((x + 1)); // Noncompliant
if (a && (x + y > 0))
{
//...
}
return x + 1;