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<a name='TITLE'></a><h1>TITLE</h1>
<p>Simplify <code>do BLOCK</code> Syntax</p>
<a name='VERSION'></a><h1>VERSION</h1>
<pre>  Maintainer: Mark Senn &lt;<a href='mailto:mds@purdue.edu'>mds@purdue.edu</a>&gt;
  Date: 26 Aug 2000
  Last Modified: 29 Aug 2000
  Mailing List: <a href='mailto:perl6-language@perl.org'>perl6-language@perl.org</a>
  Number: 167
  Version: 2
  Status: Developing</pre>
<a name='ABSTRACT'></a><h1>ABSTRACT</h1>
<p>Simpify syntax of <code>do BLOCK</code> by deleting <code>do</code> before the
block and <code>;</code> after it.</p>
<a name='DESCRIPTION'></a><h1>DESCRIPTION</h1>
<p>One of the most common mistakes I make is forgetting a <code>;</code> after
<code>do BLOCK</code>, probably because I'm thinking ``if'' and an if doesn't
require a <code>:</code> after it's closing <code>}</code>.  I'll type, for example,</p>
<pre>    $cond  and  do  {
        # statements
    }</pre>
<p>instead of</p>
<pre>    $cond  and  do  {
        # statements
    };</pre>
<p>Can the syntax be simplified to drop the <code>;</code>, and while you're at
it, how about the <code>do</code> also, so one can type</p>
<pre>    $cond  and  {
        # statements
    }</pre>
<p>If the <code>do</code> and <code>;</code> are redundant should they be eliminated
to obey the rule:</p>
<pre>    Omit redundant punctuation as long as clarity doesn't suffer.</pre>
<p>on page 604 of Camel III?</p>
<a name='IMPLEMENTATION'></a><h1>IMPLEMENTATION</h1>
<p>Unknown.</p>
<a name='REFERENCES'></a><h1>REFERENCES</h1>
<p>Camel III, pages 123--125, 604</p>
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