Re: Gripe
| From: | Chris Shiflett | Date: | Fri, 29 Aug 2003 23:51:20 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Gripe | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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--- Curt Zirzow <php-general@zirzow.dyndns.org> wrote:
> * Thus wrote Chris W. Parker (cparker@swatgear.com):
> > Chris Shiflett <mailto:shiflett@php.net>
> > on Friday, August 29, 2003 2:16 PM said:
> >
> > > if ($foo) { if ($bar) echo 'blah'; else { echo 'else'; }
> > > ^ ^ ^
> > > Where is the missing brace? :-) | |
> > | | |
> > Here --------+----------------------+---------------------/
> | |
> Or Here -----+----------------------/
> |
> Or Here -----/
I think Curt got my point the best. :-)
The point is that you can't tell where I forgot the brace without making
assumptions about what I wanted to do. If a human can't tell whether there is a
missing brace until the very end, a human can't write software that does
either.
Chris
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