Rene Rivera wrote:
> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>> Rene Rivera wrote:
>>> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>>>> Rene Rivera wrote:
>>>>> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>>>>>> Will it help if we allow:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [section One]
>>>>>> [ section Sub One]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...some stuff here...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [ endsect Sub One]
>>>>>> [endsect One]
>>>> We can make it work the way you want it if we agree that
>>>> code blocks *cannot* have '[' as its first character. I think
>>>> there's no problem with that in C++, nor python. I'm not sure
>>>> about other languages.
>>> Didn't someone already suggest that '[' would be reserved under all
>>> contexts, and hence the only way to get it in code blocks would be
>>> escaping it?
>> Oh no! Code blocks should be an exception as it uses a different
>> grammar (that of the host language). If not, then we can't write
>> simple code like:
>>
>> int foo(std::vector<int>& v)
>> {
>> vec[1] = vec[6];
>> }
>>
>> I strongly object to that. Would you rather prefer:
>>
>> int foo(std::vector<int>& v)
>> {
>> vec\[1\] = vec\[6\];
>> }
>>
>> ?
>
> Good point :-) Would one then be able to get a literal '[' as the first
> char by escaping it?
I think that's reasonable behavior in that case.
Regards,
--
Joel de Guzman
http://www.boost-consulting.com
http://spirit.sf.net
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