Hello Andrew,
I am a bit puzzled how I should take your message. On one side it contains reasonable arguments, on another a lot of aggression and dislike.
I see and understand your point of view on this code pattern, and in SonarSource we believe it’s more readable to avoid creation of the variable here. I don’t have any wish to over-persuade you, so you can deactivate any rule you don’t like, including this one.
Regards,
Elena