conditional evaluation with ";"?

Is this a bug:
assume "XYZ" is a non existing object:

XYZ

Error: Object "XYZ" not found

then:

XYZ;ls()

Error: Object "XYZ" not found

ls() is not evaluated ("XYZ;XYZ" don't give two errors)


I'm quiete unsure if this is intended help(";") returns "No documentation"


peter




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