OpenEuphoria

Re: Optional "then" and "do"

• Posted by Jason Gade <jaygade at yah?o?com> May 14, 2008
• 1136 views

yuku wrote:
> 
> I made changes to the parser.e so that the keyword "then" and "do"
> is optional (if the coder wants that it is still accepted).
> 
> Reasons:
> 
> - Less typing
> 
> - Prevent mistakes of writing if <expr> do  and  for <expr> then
>   which I did a lot of times (Kat too)
> 
> If no real objection is made, I will commit it.

Can you give some examples of code doing this? I mean, how optional is it?

I'm mainly wondering whether the parser relies on the keyword "then" or "do"
being between <expr> and <statement>. I don't know enough about the internals  to
say.

I've never really had a problem with "then" or "do" (except occasionally
forgetting "do") but I also don't have a problem with removing them if there is
no major effect.

--
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple
system that works.
--John Gall's 15th law of Systemantics.

"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
--C.A.R. Hoare

j.