"Steven Schveighoffer" <schvei...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hm... the only problem I see with simply disallowing if(a) if(b) is this: > > if(a) > while(condition) > if(b) > statement; > else // oops! this goes with if(b) > statement; > > Or would this be disallowed as well? This could not be combined into a > single if statement obviously, so the only the option to fix this is adding > braces. > > I'd hate to see this disallowed, which seems perfectly legitimate: > > if(a) > while(condition) > if(b) > statement; > > -Steve
I've created a patch* for dangling else checking. Your first example will be banned and the second is allowed. Check the test cases there for more examples. *: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/336
