Re: Phix vs OE syntax // switch
- Posted by petelomax Apr 19, 2017
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Phix fully supports that OE syntax, with the same results as the Phix-only version above (ie j ends up 10).
In the Phix switch statement, do is optional and ":" and "then" are interchangeable.
Phix allows several such syntax variations, mainly to ease the translation of C into Phix, the most notable of which is the optional ; statement separator.
Just last month I also added support for the ORAC-isms int[eger], seq[uence], ~s for length(s), s.i for s[i], and s[i to j] for s[i..j] - you are not obliged to use them. (set ORAC to 0 if no likely)
If you think it would help, I could easily add "--/**/with strict_oe_syntax" or somesuch, on the understanding it would not cover sequence ops and equal/compare use, or implicit function discard (etc).
Pete
