Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:
On Fri, 15 Dec 2023, Adriaan van Os via fpc-pascal wrote:
Note that the same ambiguity exists in the <exception-handler> syntax
(and this is less well known)
exceptionhandlers = [ exception-handler { ";" exception-handler } [
"ELSE" statement-list ] | statement-list ] .
exception-handler = "ON" [ identifier ":" ] class-type-identifier "DO"
statement .
as <exception-handler> ends with a <statement> and the optional
<"ELSE" statement-list> part start with "ELSE". Sloppy language
design, I assume by Borland.
What exactly do you consider "sloppy" ?
The ambiguity in the syntax whether ELSE belong to <statement> or to <"ELSE"
statement-list>.
The fact that the semicolon before the else is optional ?
I don't see a semicolon in the formal syntax.
Regards,
Adriaan van Os
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