> On the other hand, semicolon works out really nicely within brackets > for multidimensional slices, and the mathematicians like it. And I > don't know how the :: would fit in with other adverbial generalities.
Yes, I think semicolon is the correct solution. We just have to explain that it's only allowed to be a "naked singularity" within a C<for>. Elsewhere it has to be decently shielded by the "statement event horizon" of a pair of brackets. ;-) Damian