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> update: °: Rereading the original, I think they intended that sentence to mean the equivalent of "This second example of the syntax means the same as the example above, but shows the optional blanks that are allowed..."

yes, that's what I'm thinking too.

They probably copy/pasted it from some p5p-discussions or feature requests, and the context got lost.

Cheers Rolf
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