Re: Is the dangling else a syntax bug?

Hi,


> It was quite surprising to me, that lists with separated items are
> the more natural and economic approach, in contrast to the commonly
> used statement terminators!


In favour of terminators are their similarity to the normal termination
of written English sentances. I don't leave the full stop off the last
sentance in this paragraph.


Also, separators are a pain if appending a new item to the list means
an easily forgotton separator needs to be added.


        foo(a, b, c)
        foo(a, b, c, d) # not easily forgotton, close by.


        u = get_user(id);
        update_user(u, change);
        print_user(u)


        u = get_user(id);
        update_user(u, change);
        print_user(u) # easily forgotton.
        commit_user(u)




Ralph.
[It's a religious argument. Separators are more mathematically elegant,
but terminators match people's expectations better. -John]

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