Date:         Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:32:55 -0400
Reply-To:     Edward Heaton <HEATONE@WESTAT.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Edward Heaton <HEATONE@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Suggestion: Language improvement
Comments: To: Jack Hamilton <JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM>
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Jack,

   select (a);
      when (1)  /* do something */'
      /* More stuff */
   end /*select*/;

Ed


-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Hamilton [mailto:JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM]
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 1:16 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Suggestion: Language improvement


It would be helpful to allow a marker of some kind on the END statement to
indicate what the END is closing.  For example:

   select (a);
      when (1)  /* do something */'
      /* More stuff */
   end select;

In the more general case, you might allow

   label: do i = 1 to 12;
      * Stuff;
      end label;


This would make it easier to follow nested loops, and would allow the
compiler to detect some coding errors.




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JackHamilton@FirstHealth.com
Development Manager, Technical Group
METRICS Department, First Health
West Sacramento, California USA