[jira] Created: (BOO-496) Allow for compact statements for block-based expressions

Allow for compact statements for block-based expressions
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         Key: BOO-496
         URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/BOO-496
     Project: Boo
        Type: Improvement
  Components: Compiler  
    Versions: 0.6    
 Reporter: Arron Washington
    Priority: Minor
     Fix For: 0.7


Some discussion on the list - the tail end of this thread: 
http://groups.google.com/group/boolang/browse_frm/thread/ac20f7172255287e/99ea344d11fe6bc6#99ea344d11fe6bc6
 - brings up something in general that I think a lot of people might like:

while true: print 'var'; print 'hello'

or, as mentioned in the thread,

if false: print 'empty codeblock'

Sometimes its not really necessary to consume that much space if there's only 
going to be one or two elements within the block. Othertimes its just easier to 
expand a statement like that into a fully block-based statement with a little 
hassle.

Note: this is not a proposal to remove the "print 'foo' if bar" syntax; this is 
just a more general way of allowing compacted block-based 
statements/expressions/technical jargon.

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