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Ayende Rahien wrote:
> Brian Rogoff suggested this:
> procedure P(){
> } P;
> 
> if (condition) {
> } if;
> 
> I think it has the best of both worlds.

Now why must we begin to place boolean expressions inside parens?
According to the logic used to defend [] versus () for arrays,
doesn't this make an "if" statement look like a function call
followed by a code block? 

Also, the supposed virtues of "{}" (imho) fade when you need to 
add a label to the closing brace. You now manage to save exactly
two characters (en), but you must add an additional semicolon.

In C, C++, and Java you can entirely omit the "{}", making the
"if" statement unbracketed. That is a bad practice in those
languages. It should not be adopted in any other langauges.

Another point of observation concerning "{}". Look at the code
for anonymous inner classes in Java. I am not convinced that
curly braces are better than Ada's "begin/end" pairs.

For those not familiar with Java anonymous inner class syntax I
offer the following example:

this.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() {
   public void windowClosed(WindowEvent e) {
      System.exit(0);
   }
});

Jim Rogers
Colorado Springs, Colorado USA