Re: Is the dangling else a syntax bug?

In a comment to article 01-07-029,
  our 'steemed moderator wrote:


> [I think I've seen stats that users get statement separators wrong more
> often than statement terminators, but I can't dig them up at the moment.
> -John]


Although I haven't seen the actual studies, I understand that they were
done in the context of "open" structures (as in Algol 60, Pascal, or C),
rather than enclosed structures (Algol 68, Modula, Ada). With open
structures, a misplaced separator can cause all sorts of trouble, but
with enclosed structures it's always safe to add a superfluous semicolon.


Of course, this suggests that the answer to the original question is
"Yes."


Sean Case


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Sean Case gsc@zipworld.com.au

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