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+// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package astutil
+
+import "go/ast"
+
+// Unparen returns e with any enclosing parentheses stripped.
+func Unparen(e ast.Expr) ast.Expr {
+ for {
+ p, ok := e.(*ast.ParenExpr)
+ if !ok {
+ return e
+ }
+ e = p.X
+ }
+}