Difference between (function(){})(); and function(){}(); [duplicate]

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Peter Michaux discusses the difference in An Important Pair of Parens.

Basically the parentheses are a convention to denote that an immediately invoked function expression is following, not a plain function. Especially if the function body is lengthy, this reduces surprises,

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