[fpc-devel] Proof of Concept ARC implementation

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Sven Barth schrieb:

> A semicolon has the problem that you need to distinguish between it 
> being a modifier and a normal following identifier as not every keyword 
> is a keyword in every context (like for example "read" and "write" for 
> properties).

In this discussion I almost miss the elementary distinction between 
keywords (reserved words) and directives. Unlike keywords, directives 
are context sensitive and can be used as identifiers in all other 
places. That's why directives should *follow* identifiers, never precede 
them.

The semicolon usage is not well designed in Delphi, additional 
(intermediate) semicolons are not required and should be banned. Then 
the parser can continue to search for directives until the end of an 
applicable construct (declaration...) is found, which may be a semicolon 
or something else (comma, parenthesis...), depending on the construct 
syntax.

DoDi