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Re: Error in rfc3028? Only one elsif allowed per if?

2002-08-11 17:41:16

On Aug 12,  1:04am, Marc Mutz wrote:
} Subject: Re: Error in rfc3028? Only one elsif allowed per if?
}
} On Sunday 11 August 2002 17:05, Simon Josefsson wrote:
} <snip>
} > > an elsif MUST only follow an if, and an else MUST follow only
} > > either an ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
} > >    if or an elsif.
} >
} > It says "an elsif", not "one elsif" -- having several elsif's per if
} > seems fine, as they "follow" the if in some sense.
} 
} If I follow that reasoning, then there are also multiple else's allowed 
} after a single if ;-) - the formulation is the same for both elsif and 
} else.

No:

"only follow" --> must not appear before something

"follow only" --> must not appear after any other thing

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