From: Brian Mitchell <binary42@...>
Date: 2008-01-09T05:24:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Some (accidental?) syntax changes 1.8 -> 1.9

On Jan 8, 2008 2:42 PM, Florian Frank <flori@nixe.ping.de> wrote:
> Jason Roelofs wrote:
> > Use semicolons. I would venture to say that this isn't supposed to
> > work in 1.8 either and is fixed for 1.9
> >
> > a = if true; 1 else; 2; end
> Actually, it is supposed to work in 1.8, Matz has added the colon some
> time ago.

And then took it out of 1.9 again. It might be a regression from the
YARV merge because I recall people having second thoughts. I don't
think using : is any better than a simple ; in any case.

Brian.