[m-rev.] State variable syntax transformation

[Fergus Henderson]

On 27-Feb-2002, Ralph Becket <rafe at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> 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.

That addresses my second point, but not my first.

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