Paul Fox wrote: >kenneth wrote: > > > > Please see: > > > > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?AlternativeNamedParameterSyntax > ... > > 2 -- All those '$' characters are confusing (see flowsnake.ngc in nc_files > > in HEAD for the example). > ... > > 2 -- I took part of this comment to mean that the '$' characters are ugly. > > Because they are so blocky, they catch the eye and make the code harder to > > read (for a human). I had originally wanted to use [] characters, but > > (someone else) noticed that #[sqrt[#1]] is legal syntax. That would have > > required more lookahead in the parser than is currently supported. The > > alternative uses <>, instead. > > > Also, what hapens if you MISS a needed $? Seems like it might make a big mess. Like leaving out a closing "end comment" symbol in c.
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