Re: Terminology (was Re: Nesting and braces)

Era wrote,

| Hum, I'd prefer an existing word. How about just "colon line" for the,
| uh, colon line, and "prelude" for the stuff up to the action?

I've been calling it the "flag line" for years without confusing anyone so
far, as far as I know.  (If this were music, we'd call it the "attack".)
But since technically there need be no flags (not even the standard "0"),
"colon line" is better.