Just to play devil's advocate, this is technically valid

```eex
<% if @condition do %>
  <% some_side_effect() %>
<% end %>
```

though that's very contrived and I can't think of a valid use-case where 
you wouldn't instead want

```eex
<% if @condition do
  some_side_effect()
end %>
```

+1 for adding a warning

On Friday, December 4, 2020 at 10:30:31 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote:

> Watching for a block won't catch all cases, but I can't think of any cases 
> where a block is used and the intent would not be to use its content.
> My guess is that this could catch quite a few problems.
>
> Jim
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> On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 11:53 AM Austin Ziegler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> That makes sense. Maybe the compiler can detect cases like this:
>>
>> ```eex
>> <% variable = 'boo' %> <!-- OK -->
>> <% if @bar do %> <!-- Warning or error, because of the block? -->
>> ```
>>
>> -a
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 12:50 PM Jim Freeze <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, those bugs are annoying, but I commonly start *.html.leex docs with
>>>
>>> <% somevar = "blah" %>
>>> ...
>>> <div class="<%= somevar %>"> ...
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 11:46 AM Austin Ziegler <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I’ve had a bug in my code for the last couple of months caused by the 
>>>> fact that EEx isn’t ERB. Specifically, I had code that looked like:
>>>>
>>>> ```eex
>>>> <% if @password %>
>>>> Temporary Password: <%= @password %>
>>>> <% else %>
>>>> Sign in with your existing password.
>>>> <% end %>
>>>> ```
>>>>
>>>> Looking at it in isolation, it’s really obvious that the first line 
>>>> should have been `<%= if @password %>`, but in situ…I’ve gotten multiple 
>>>> bug reports on this but have never been able to see what the problem was 
>>>> until today.
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to modify the EEx compile phase so that code like I 
>>>> wrote above generates at least a warning? As I understand it, there’s no 
>>>> case where a starting EEx block will usefully begin with `<%` instead of 
>>>> `<%=`.
>>>>
>>>> -a
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