> True. Denis has a point though, it would be nice to use new syntax
> for things like `.nr'.
Example, please.
> I'd favour mandatory braces and no parenthesis around the condition.
OK.
> Must we keep the cluttered `\{\' with the new syntax? What if the
> open brace indicated multi-line format and the else/elsif has to be
> on the closing `.}' line?
I think we have to stay with `\{' and `\}'; the final `\' we can
probably drop. Note that `.{' and `.}' might be macros already in
use.
> Could a single-line .iff give new syntax for the brief
> else/elsif-less case? Leading spaces after the colon would be
> swallowed, as with existing `.if'.
>
> .iff ...: foo\c
Mhmm, certainly possible, but not elegant.
Werner
