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Re: question about exit command
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: question about exit command |
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Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:16:55 +0100 |
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Davide Brini <dave_br@gmx.com> writes:
> I was not wondering about what's inside the parentheses, but rather why this
> works
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> if (somecommand) then ...
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> while I would expect it should be
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> if (somecommand); then ...
You only need the separator to trigger the recognition of a reserved
word, since they are only reconized where the first word of a command
can occur.
Andreas.
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