Most other programming languages don't have an end if
statement required at the end of conditional statements.
if boolean_expression then statement else statement
What advantage does including an end if
provide Ada that other languages don't have?
if boolean_expression then statement else statement end if
I think it has something to do with branch prediction if the condition is true (skips the else portion of the code), but I'm not sure.
Consider a nested if
, like this: if boolean_expression then if another_boolean_expression then statement else statement
Now, to which if
statement does the else
part belong?
end if
resolves the issue (indented for clarity):
if boolean_expression then
if another_boolean_expression then
statement
end if;
else
statement
end if;
or:
if boolean_expression then
if another_boolean_expression then
statement
else
statement
end if;
end if;