On 7 Aug, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> * maximal munch and comments
>
> Explicitly allowing operators such as --- and --> is not just
> a clarification; it is a change in the comment convention. (cf. p8 of
> the 1.4 report `The sequence -- immediately terminates a symbol ...')
right, and a positive change because it would remove this special case
from the report
> Though it is attractive to allow a wide range of operator symbols
it's not just convenient: try putting yourself in the mindset where
you want an arrow and have chosen --> so as not to clash with ->, and
then interpret the error messages you get. It's an ugly irregularity.
> --- comment
unambiguously not a comment
> ----------------------
likewise
> Any change putting in doubt (or even preventing) the commenthood of
> an unbroken line of 2 or more dashes would be a pain.
only a pain, and only briefly. I contend that it's easier to learn to
write
-- -----------------------
than to learn not to try to define -->, |--, --| and so on. Oh, and what is
{-- comment --}
under the present rules?
Jon
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Jon Fairbairn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
