--- Curt Zirzow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Thus wrote Chris W. Parker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > Chris Shiflett <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >     on Friday, August 29, 2003 2:16 PM said:
> > 
> > > if ($foo) { if ($bar) echo 'blah'; else { echo 'else'; }
> > >            ^                      ^                     ^
> > > Where is the missing brace? :-)   |                     |
> >              |                      |                     |
> > Here --------+----------------------+---------------------/
>                |                      |
>   Or Here -----+----------------------/
>                |
>   Or Here -----/

I think Curt got my point the best. :-)

The point is that you can't tell where I forgot the brace without making
assumptions about what I wanted to do. If a human can't tell whether there is a
missing brace until the very end, a human can't write software that does
either.

Chris

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