Are parentheses around the result significant in a return statement?

Question

Is there a difference between these two statements inside a function?

bool returnValue = true;
// Code that does something
return(returnValue);

Answer 1

There is no difference.

One reason to use parenthesis would be if you wanted to evaluate an expression before returning but in your example, there would be no reason. See:

Parenthesis surrounding return values

for further discussion.