I know you were just explaining Craig :-)
I think the parentheses do help. Sometimes when it gets complex I'll go over a few lines like..

THIS.TOPFILE = ;
   ( THIS.TOPFILE ; 
     OR EOF() ;
     OR BOF() ;
   ) ;
   AND (SomeotherCondition())

As far as readability goes I expect my guys to be able to cope with a little boolean logic. Whenever I see that "if x=y then z=true else z= false" type of coding then I suspect the programmer doesn't really have a grasp of things.

>I agree with you. I was just responding with what the one line of code does. I usually use the one line method. However, I would write it like:
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>THIS.TOPFILE = (THIS.TOPFILE OR EOF() OR BOF())
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>Note the additional parens. IMO, is makes it a bit easier to read, especially if the one line is something like:
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>llFlag = (MyVar = SomeFunction())
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>Leaving off the parens is more confusing in this case
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>>Hi Craig,
>>snip...