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Re: Short `if'

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From: Oliver Kiddle <opk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Short `if'
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 15:12:18 +0100
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Peter Stephenson wrote:
> 
> I can't get the short form of `if' to work, described in the manual as:

I've never used it so I wouldn't really know.

if { true } print hello

works with shortloops set so maybe that is what is intended and the docs
just need better wording. Ultimately, there needs to be some whay of
knowing when the LIST stops and the SUBLIST starts.

Oliver

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