> I can fix that either by putting a semicolon before the else- which I believe is strictly incorrect
Nope, that's correct. Take a look at the syntax diagram for case statement here: http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/ref/refsu50.html As you can see, each "case" is terminated by ";". From the parser point of view, your code is exactly parsed as: try case parseCommand(selector) of help: begin end; help_: begin end; quit_: if High(lexemeListArray) = 1 then begin end else <there should be a statement here> <there should be a semicolon here> end // line 323 finally end; So that else after begin-end pair of the if statement becomes the else of the if statement, not the case statement. -- View this message in context: http://free-pascal-general.1045716.n5.nabble.com/Very-odd-case-parsing-problem-tp5717723p5717724.html Sent from the Free Pascal - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
