On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:32:32 -0700, Todd Blanchard <tblanchard at mac.com>  
wrote:

> I'm quite willing to agree that I might not be typical - but that's how  
> I work - successive approximations of proper code rather than left to  
> right perfection.

I work uch the same way; I find the auto-parens to be a wash as far as  
time-saving.

When they irritate me sufficiently, I turn them off.