Hi Roy,
thanks, fixed in *SVN 1899*.
Best Regards,
Jürgen
On 9/28/25 00:30, Roy Tobin wrote:
Hi Dr. Sauermann,
Please may I suggest a diagnostic enhancement *only* for scripting mode?
When scripting, I got tripped up by an unterminated multi-line string
literal. I was using the three double quote method, but it may apply to
⎕INP too.
antix21:~/workspace % cat unterminated.apl
#! /usr/local/bin/apl --script --OFF
""" # this line is three double quotes, in case hard to see
none
antix21:~/workspace % ./unterminated.apl
<< LOOK HERE -- no
diagnostic
antix21:~/workspace %
Other utilities I tried give a helpful message in such cases, please
see below. The variety of diagnostic messages below is interesting.
I'm considering that EOF when in scripting mode is a reliable point for
a check. Thanks for considering this usability request.
FYI: I released an update to https://trygnuapl.github.io/ on 27 Sep 2025.
Cheers,
Roy
antix21:/tmp % ./do
./a.awk*
awk: ./a.awk:3: v = "missing
awk: ./a.awk:3: ^ unterminated string
awk: ./a.awk:3: v = "missing
awk: ./a.awk:3: ^ syntax error
gcc a.c
a.c: In function ‘main’:
a.c:2:16: warning: missing terminating " character
2 | char s[] = "
| ^
a.c:2:16: error: missing terminating " character
./a.csh*
Unmatched '''.
./a.pl <http://a.pl>*
Can't find string terminator '"' anywhere before EOF at ./a.pl
<http://a.pl> line 3.
./a.py*
File "/tmp/./a.py", line 5
k = '''
^
SyntaxError: EOF while scanning triple-quoted string literal
./a.sh*
./a.sh: 4: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string
