"Ary Borenszweig" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > BCS wrote: >> Hello bearophile, >> >>>> opens up bizarre parsing corner cases, >>>> and makes error messages uglier. >>> I have yet to see a proof of this. >>> >> >> Just off hand for parsing issues: >> >> - it allows long code lines to be folded > > If you don't have semicolons this is also true, for example > > a = somefunc( first_param, > second_param) > b = something_else > > I can insert a line break there without confusing the parser because the > parser is expecting the function call to end
I wonder though if that isn't getting "too sophisticated/clever" as opposed to requiring some kind of long-line-continuation-character (?).
