[fpc-pascal] case statement

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 15 Dec 2023, Adriaan van Os wrote:

> Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:
>
>>>> The fact that the semicolon before the else is optional ?
>>> 
>>> I don't see a semicolon in the formal syntax.
>> 
>> This works:
>
> OK, than an optional semicolon must be added to the <exceptionhandlers> rule
>
> exceptionhandlers =  [ exception-handler { ";" exception-handler } [ ";" ] [ 
> "ELSE" statement-list ] | statement-list ] .

Well, you can have ;;;;; as well.

It means exception-handler can be empty in your repeat:

{ ';' [exception-handler] }

Or the whole ; is simply sloppyness on the part of the compiler.

Michael.