Richard O'Keefe's remarks on the workings of the interpreter are correct, but
the code examples are ugly and hard to read. (On the other hand, anyone who has
used the debugger may be de-sensitised to horrible code formatting.) The use of
whitespace should if possible reflect the structure of the code, and I would
usually rather throw in a few extra delimiters than obscure the structure.
Regards,
Jorgen Harmse.
Examples (best viewed in a real text editor so things line up):
{ if (x<y)
z <- x
else
z <- y
}
Or
{ if(x<y) z <- x
else z <- y
}
x <- ( y
+ z)
Or
( x
<- y
+ z
)
Or
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From: "Richard O'Keefe" <rao...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [R] unexpected 'else' in " else"
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The basic issue is that the top level wants to get started
on your command AS SOON AS IT HAS A COMPLETE COMMAND,
and if (...) stmt
is complete. It's not going to hang around "Waiting for Godot"
for an 'else' that might never ever ever turn up. So
if (x < y) z <-
x else z <- y
is absolutely fine, no braces needed, while
if (x < y) z <- x
else z <- y
will see the eager top level rush off to do your bidding
at the end of the first line and then be completely
baffled by an 'else' where it does not expect one.
It's the same reason that you break AFTER infix operators
instead of BEFORE.
x <- y +
z
works fine, while
x <- y
+ z
doesn't.
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