From: rick.hu@... (Rick Hu)
Date: 2004-01-18T16:15:00+09:00
Subject: Re: long expression syntax

rick.hu@gol.com (Rick Hu) wrote in message news:<e22cc553.0401171507.a8f41a2@posting.google.com>...
> why do I get a syntax error for
> 
>     puts 1 if ( 1 == 2
>         or 1 == 1 )
> 
> but there is no syntax error for
> 
>     puts 1 if ( 1 == 2 or
>         1 == 1 )

I just found out that the parensis can start a COMPOSITE statement.
This explains why the first case is a syntax error, and why
( boolean
boolean
....
boolean )
returns the value of the last value.