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=head1 TITLE
Simplify C<do BLOCK> Syntax
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Mark Senn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 26 Aug 2000
Last-Modified: 29 Aug 2000
Version: 2
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Number: 167
Status: Developing
=head1 ABSTRACT
Simpify syntax of C<do BLOCK> by deleting C<do> before the
block and C<;> after it.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
One of the most common mistakes I make is forgetting a C<;> after
C<do BLOCK>, probably because I'm thinking ``if'' and an if doesn't
require a C<:> after it's closing C<}>. I'll type, for example,
$cond and do {
# statements
}
instead of
$cond and do {
# statements
};
Can the syntax be simplified to drop the C<;>, and while you're at
it, how about the C<do> also, so one can type
$cond and {
# statements
}
If the C<do> and C<;> are redundant should they be eliminated
to obey the rule:
Omit redundant punctuation as long as clarity doesn't suffer.
on page 604 of Camel III?
=head1 IMPLEMENTATION
Unknown.
=head1 REFERENCES
Camel III, pages 123--125, 604
