Optional braces

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 8/21/11 4:02 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "bearophile"<bearophileHUGS at lycos.com>  wrote in message
> news:j2rh7g$2tfq$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>
>> To this innocent-looking D code, do you see the problem?
>>
>> void foo(Pair[] sol) {
>>     if (isSolution(sol[$-1]))
>>         if (!best.length || sol.length<  best.length)
>>             best = sol.dup;
>>     else
>>         foreach (next; alternatives(sol[$-1]))
>>             if (!canFind(sol, next))
>>                 foo(sol ~ [next]);
>> }
>>
>
> That's why I always use braces to avoid the construct "if(cond) stmt;
> if(cond) stmt; else..."
>
>>
>> There is a situation where I'd like D to require braces:
>> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4375
>>
>
> That's a fantastic idea.

Yah, it's pretty neat, and very much in the spirit of D. I'd missed it.

Andrei