> > >PHP will tell you you have a syntax error on the very last
> > line of your
> > >file, and you have no option but to go back and laboriously
> > hand match all
> > >of your braces -- and with each ellipsis representing maybe
> > tens (or even
> > >hundreds!)
> >
> > Don't be ridiculous. Any
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> > From: Chris Earle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> > Subject:
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> I apologize profusely to the fans of the "alternative syntax"
> who are still
> using it.
>
> I personally find the endxxx; to be more of an eyesore, but that's a
> religious a
> -Original Message-
> From: Chris Earle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 11 July 2002 18:28
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: if syntax
>
>
> > when it would be just as easy, and more functional, to
> write this (even
> > saves a
>> The "alternate syntax" with the colons is passe -- I think
>> you'd have to dig
>> pretty deep to find a script old enough that uses it for
>> anything other than
>> demonstration purposes. (Rasmus?)
>
>What utter tosh! *All* my scripts use the "alternative" syntax, as I think
>braces are a
> when it would be just as easy, and more functional, to write this (even
> saves a few characters, too!):
>
>if (x):
> while (y):
> ...
> endwhile;
> ...
>endif;
You're adding characters...
"{" + "}" opposed to ":" + "endif;"
Don't go for the fuzzy Math from
> -Original Message-
> From: Richard Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 11 July 2002 10:54
>
> The "alternate syntax" with the colons is passe -- I think
> you'd have to dig
> pretty deep to find a script old enough that uses it for
> anything other than
> demonstration purposes.
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