From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...>
Date: 2005-09-25T20:22:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Why is this not a syntax error?

Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@path.berkeley.edu> writes:

> Jamey Cribbs wrote:
>> Switching back and forth between Python and Ruby bit me in the butt
>> today.  For example, consider the following Ruby code:
>> 
>>   a = 1
>> 
>>   if a == 0
>>       puts 'zero'
>>   elif a == 1
>>       puts 'one'
>>   else
>>       puts 'not one'
>>   end
>
> Syntax hilighting in your editor works wonders on this kind of butt-bite.

It's enough if they properly indent your code. :-)

> Joel VanderWerf
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