Hi Bram,

2020/1/3 Fri 19:02:13 UTC+9 Bram Moolenaar wrote:
>
>
> Yasuhiro Matsumoto wrote: 
>
> > Why you don't use { ? 
>
> I know this will trigger a discussion.  Nearly all languages use blocks 
> ending with "}".  It's much easier to see where a block ends that way 
> than using "endif", "endwhile", etc., it stands out. 
>
> Since we already have the start of the block without extra punctuation, 
> there is no need to add a "{" there.  It would be pointless to add it.
>

Text objects like "a{" or "i{" don't work well without the starting "{".
Also "%" may not work well.
 
 

> The only place where "{" will appear is a block by itself, used to 
> declare a variable: 
>
>         { 
>            let tmp = 0 
>            ... 
>         } 
>         " tmp not available here 
>
> If you don't like using "}" you can use "endif", "endfor", etc. as before. 


Regards,
Ken Takata

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