On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 10:03 AM Ben Grasset <operato...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 2:15 AM Tony via fpc-devel < > fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 12:00:07 +0200 >> Marco van de Voort <f...@pascalprogramming.org> wrote: >> >> > In conclusion: it is a solution in search of a problem, with bad >> > behaviour in errorhandling (when unbalanced the compiler errors on >> > perfectly fine code in the wrong place after whatever ' closes the >> > unbalanced ) on top of it. >> > >> > This is why the feature goes against the grain of Pascal IMHO. >> >> Well said Marco! I have been reading this mailing list for some time >> and have been disturbed recently-ish by how often suggestions come up >> for "my pet feature from another language" or "a cool idea I just >> had" (I am probably doing an injustice to some of the suggestions, but >> often they feel deeply un-Pascal-ish - I can't define it but I know it >> when I see it). In these circumstances, a healthy scepticism and >> conservatism among the development team is a good thing. >> > > I think you are certainly doing injustice to a lot of things. Furthermore, > you realize it is possible, to just, you know, make the compiler give > better errors when necessary / desired? > > I intend to add something like this for unterminated multi-line strings, > most likely once I'm done writing my tests and have submitted a formal > patch on the bugtracker. > I've now actually done this, for the record: https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=35827#c117278
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