1. line continuation
Rob why can't you implement a line continuation token.
You could use something like this -\ which would treat everything
after it as comments and continue to parse on the next line.
Then we would not have to write
"the first line"& -- comment 1
"the second line"& -- comment 2
"the third line"& -- comment 3
"the forth line"
But this when intializing a large sequence of text
"the first line -\ comment 1
the second line -\ comment 2
the third line -\ comment 3
the forth line"
Bernie
2. Re: line continuation
Hello Bernie,
>Rob why can't you implement a line continuation token.
> You could use something like this -\ which would treat everything
> after it as comments and continue to parse on the next line.
>
> Then we would not have to write
>
> "the first line"& -- comment 1
> "the second line"& -- comment 2
> "the third line"& -- comment 3
> "the forth line"
>
> But this when intializing a large sequence of text
>
> "the first line -\ comment 1
> the second line -\ comment 2
> the third line -\ comment 3
> the forth line"
>
>Bernie
That's an interesting idea but I can't see that it has much
advantage over the current way. Is -\ really easier to type
than "& ? They're both just two characters, or is it the
built-in comment that you like better? I personally would like
the ability to do this:
"the first line
the second line -- this is part of the string
the third line" -- this is a comment
of course you couldn't tab to indent or add spaces without
messing with the string but it would be a handy short-hand
at times.
later,
Lewis Townsend
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3. Re: line continuation
Why wouldn't the beginning white space be skipped in case of
line-continuation?
it is a very handy feature of tcl/tk...
Riwal Raude
rauder at thmulti.com
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> From: Lewis Townsend [SMTP:keroltarr at HOTMAIL.COM]
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 7:17 PM
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> Subject: Re: line continuation
>
> Hello Bernie,
>
> >Rob why can't you implement a line continuation token.
> > You could use something like this -\ which would treat everything
> > after it as comments and continue to parse on the next line.
> >
> > Then we would not have to write
> >
> > "the first line"& -- comment 1
> > "the second line"& -- comment 2
> > "the third line"& -- comment 3
> > "the forth line"
> >
> > But this when intializing a large sequence of text
> >
> > "the first line -\ comment 1
> > the second line -\ comment 2
> > the third line -\ comment 3
> > the forth line"
> >
> >Bernie
>
> That's an interesting idea but I can't see that it has much
> advantage over the current way. Is -\ really easier to type
> than "& ? They're both just two characters, or is it the
> built-in comment that you like better? I personally would like
> the ability to do this:
>
> "the first line
> the second line -- this is part of the string
> the third line" -- this is a comment
>
> of course you couldn't tab to indent or add spaces without
> messing with the string but it would be a handy short-hand
> at times.
>
> later,
> Lewis Townsend
>
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