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Message: [QUOTE="Alan Balmer, post: 1712079"] Making the syntax more complex, for no particular benefit that I can see. Parentheses, brackets and braces represent the general concept of grouping. Even when seen in an unfamiliar context, one can get the idea. I see no need to invent a different grouping symbology for each use. Everyone understands the symmetry between '(' and ')'. The symmetry between 'if' and ':' is not nearly as intuitive. And now you propose that each case that requires a grouping operator have a different construct? Of course, you say "could be substituted", which is obviously true. It would certainly add a new dimension to the obfuscated C contests. [/QUOTE]