On Apr 02 2021, Robert Elz wrote: > Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2021 21:33:31 -0400 > From: wor...@alum.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley) > Message-ID: <874kgpqxlg....@hobgoblin.ariadne.com> > > | I was going to ask why "else {" works, > > Wrong question. That one is easy. What follows > 'else' is a list and the simplest form of a list > is a simple command, which starts with a command > word, so reserved words are always going to work > there, even without the "follows a reserved word' > rule. > > The right question would be why '} else' works.
The two case are not really different, they are covered by the same rule: This recognition shall only occur when none of the characters is quoted and when the word is used as: * The first word following one of the reserved words other than case, for, or in Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, sch...@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."