[ruby-talk:6675] Re: Suggestion for addition to Begin/End syntax

On Thu, 30 Nov 2000  22:40:05 +0900, Andrew D. McDowell wrote:
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> Now imagine something like the above with 200 more lines of code
> between the end of the while block, and the end of the def block.
> 
> Because the 'end modifier' (sheez..what should this thing be called?)
> would have to match the block it's closing, the interpreter could 
> recognise that you were closing the wrong block.

I don't mean to be harsh, but adding syntactic sugar isn't going to
take the Code Smell--which is abundantly present--away. I'd suggest
refactoring until the meaning of each and every end is {n,cl}ear  ;)

	Michel