[fpc-devel] Semicolon before else

Marco van de Voort marcov at stack.nl
Fri Jan 29 13:23:34 CET 2010


In our previous episode, dmitry boyarintsev said:
> > possible syntax.
> >
> > It is just a risk without real benefit attached to it, so I'm against.
> 
> +1
> why should pascal care about C legacy?

Depends. I do see a minor point for e.g. ++ and --, since I have been bitten
by that when translating e.g. compression code (paszlib, lz77) when these
are used in complex nested loops.

But this is IMHO not a real risk with the ; thing. (and it is way to
intrusive)



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