Re: select syntax violates the POLA

[Robert Elz]

    Date:        Thu, 01 Apr 2021 21:33:31 -0400
    From:        worley@alum.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley)
    Message-ID:  <874kgpqxlg.fsf@hobgoblin.ariadne.com>

  | I was going to ask why "else {" works,

Wrong question.  That one is easy.  What follows
'else' is a list and the simplest form of a list
is a simple command, which starts with a command
word, so reserved words are always going to work
there, even without the "follows a reserved word'
rule.

The right question would be why '} else' works.

kre