ZyX wrote:
> > The docs are wrong, using "if" is allowed. The other two are not.
>
> Why? It makes parsing impossible. E.g. like indicated by @Yukihiro
> Nakadaira, there is absolutely nothing you can do with this error
> unless you add hacks for some specific cases (e.g. if `execute` is
> followed by a string literal starting with `if`).
The code is full of exceptions. There is a lot of history, some dating
back to the days of Ex. The language wasn't designed to make life for
parser writers easier. Some parts of the language weren't designed at
all, they just happened. Not breaking existing Vim scripts is the main
goal, thus making changes in the language to simplify the implementation
will cause headeaches for users.
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