Re: Scoping of variables in block constructs

[Achim G. <Str...@ne...>]

Ethan A Merritt via gnuplot-beta writes:
>> Also, why is there no block "else if" or maybe even "elsif"?
>
> No particular reason.  
> So far as I can see, all it would gain is to reduce the number of 
> required curly brackets by one pair.
> Is there something more subtle I'm missing?

Maybe.  If the conditional expressions themselve need to be nested, you
will either end up with unwieldy formatting

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
if (…) {
else {
  if (…) {
  else {
   if (…) {
   else {
    if (…) {
    else {
      if (…) {
      else {
        if (…) {
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

or you'll need to explicitly repeat (and revert) the logical expression
from the former branches.


Regards,
Achim.
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