Noam Raphael wrote:
> On 5/4/05, Reinhold Birkenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> There is one problem with using no keyword: You cannot use arbitrary
>> expressions
>> in the new statement. Consider:
>>
>> resource = opening("file.txt")
>> block resource:
>> (...)
>>
>> resource = opening("file.txt")
>> resource:
>> (...)
>>
>> The latter would have to be forbidden.
>
> Can you explain why it would have to be forbidden please?
Well, with it you could create suites with _any_ introducing
identifier. Consider:
with:
(...)
synchronized:
(...)
try:
(...)
transaction:
(...)
Do you understand my concern? It would be very, very hard to discern
these "user-defined statements" from real language constructs.
Reinhold
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