Guards redux

[John Rose]

On Mar 10, 2021, at 11:29 AM, Guy Steele <guy.steele at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Let me suggest this alternative:
> 
> Pattern:
> : ConditionalOrPattern
> : ConditionalAndPattern `&&` Guard

Clever.  Too bad we can’t do this for expressions too.

>> Guard:
>> : AssignmentExpression
> 
> Yes, “AssignmentExpression” is the right thing here.

Please see my previous objection:  I think the looseness
of AssignmentExpression leads to even worse puzzlers
than the ones you are addressing above.

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