Davide Brini <dave...@gmx.com> writes:

> I was not wondering about what's inside the parentheses, but rather why this 
> works
>
> if (somecommand) then ...
>
> while I would expect it should be
>
> if (somecommand); then ...

You only need the separator to trigger the recognition of a reserved
word, since they are only reconized where the first word of a command
can occur.

Andreas.

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