[m-rev.] State variable syntax transformation

[Ralph Becket]

Fergus Henderson, Tuesday, 26 February 2002:
> > 
> > 	( if we_have_a_problem(X) then throw_an_exception(X) )
> 
> Code like this should be avoided, since it will get entirely optimized away
> if you compile with `--no-fully-strict'.
> 
> Furthermore extending the syntax in this way would be confusing for
> Prolog programmers, because of Prolog's opposite semantics for
> if-then without else.

Okay, I've added the "else true" arm to that example.

- Ralph
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