Within the same block, .. conditionX associates with the nearest condition1 .. condition2 lexically above it. So in:

if (cond1 .. cond2) { if ( .. condA) { } }
if (      .. cond3) { }
if (cond4 .. cond5) { if (condB .. condC) }
if (      .. cond6) { }

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.. cond3 would associate with cond1 .. cond2

.. condA would not, because its in a different block (it would be an orphan)

.. cond6 would associate with cond4 .. cond5 (it would not "see" condB .. condC because that is in a different block)

In terms of parsing, the handler for .. conditionX would search backwards until it found a conditionV .. conditionW or the beginning of the block. Then the conditionV .. conditionW would be "informed" of the .. conditionX

(Updated to add paragraph about parsing)

In reply to Re^2: Multi-stage flip-flop? by RonW
in thread Multi-stage flip-flop? by RonW

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