If-Mess

I really can't help noticing that a language that writes end if also writes elsif and not else if,

Its a trivial point and here is the trivial answer!


if a=1 then b:=1 
elsif a=2 then b:=2 
else b:=-1; 
end if

but here is the ambiguity that would result:


if a=1 then b:=1 
else if a=2 then b:=2 
else b:=-1; 
end if

There are now two if but just one end if.

The correct equivelant code avoiding elsif would be;


if a=1 then b:=1 
else  
   if a=2 then b:=2 
   else b:=-1; 
   end if 
end if

Well what about elseif? One space could mess that up. So then it's elsif or elif and who cares which.