OpenEuphoria

Re: Optional "then" and "do"

• Posted by yuku <yuku at ?k?tek.com> May 15, 2008
• 1034 views

Salix wrote:
> But if I tend to forget "and". The result now is
> 
> }}}
<eucode>
> if apple=1 bananas=3 then peach=7 end if
> </eucode>
{{{

> 
> With optional "then" it would be
> 
> }}}
<eucode>
> if apple=1 bananas=3 peach=7 end if
> </eucode>
{{{

> 
> that is much harder to track down.

You can always write the "then" if you want. 
Especially in such one-line if. 

Reason of making it optional is that it reduces the mental load of 
remembering the correct delimiter for every if, for and while statement.