From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-02-02T15:07:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Indentation vs. "end"s

doug00@gmail.com wrote:
> Yes I really like the end statements, and they make it easier for
> beginners.  It's possible to support both indenting and end statements
> (i.e. support one mode or the other), and you don't need python's
> redundant and unnecessary colons.  I implemented this myself in a
> parser.  I don't think it is appropriate for ruby, however.
> 
> What would be even better would be to allow optional labels after end
> statements, such as "end class", "end def", so the parser can catch
> more errors.
> I've implemented this as well in a separate project.
> 

Not a bad idea in itself. In fact, I think that really old Ruby
versions (prior to my learning it with 1.4) did something like
that. When modifiers were introduced (x if y, x while y, etc.)
parsing became difficult and they were dropped. I think that's
the case.


Hal