Patterns of Bugs

[Lars T. Kyllingstad]

On Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:53:20 +0000, Iain Buclaw wrote:

> == Quote from Ellery Newcomer (ellery-newcomer at utulsa.edu)'s article
>> On 01/08/2011 02:37 PM, Iain Buclaw wrote:
>> >
>> > Never let indentation fool you, the else clause will be assumed to be
>> > for the first condition. :o)
>> I don't believe you
> 
> Are you saying it *isn't* interpreted as:
> 
> if (i)
>     if (j)
>         printf("J true\n");
> else
>     printf("I false\n");
> 
> 
> :o

>From the grammar:

"The 'dangling else' parsing problem is solved by associating the else 
with the nearest if statement."

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/statement.html#IfStatement

-Lars