On 2012-05-14 15:22, Philipp Gesang wrote:
> On 2012-05-14 09:35, Hans Hagen wrote:
> > On 13-5-2012 13:12, Philipp Gesang wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >seems the mkvi-style macros have trouble with groups in comments:
> > >
> > >········································································
> > >% macros=mkvi
> > >\def\dosomething#content{%%%<= fine with “#1”
> > >   % { %%% Open unbalanced brace breaks macros.
> > >}
> > >
> > >\starttext \dosomething {foo} \stoptext
> > >········································································
> > >
> > >Fails here with:
> > >
> > >   <to be read again>
> > >                     c
> > >   l.2 \def\dosomething#c
> > >                         ontent{%%%<= fine with “#1”
> > >
> > >Removing the comment, closing the group or reverting to TEX-style
> > >argument numbering makes this behavior disappear.
> > 
> > Indeed there are some limitations to the parser. I'll note it down
> > as low priority issue.
> 
> Would it be possible to modify the comment pattern so that it
> accept initial spaces? At least it fixes my problem.

I take that back, sorry for the noise. The better solution
appears to be adding the “leadingcomment” pattern to the rule
that handles balanced braces:

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--- /home/laokoon/base/luat-mac.lua 2012-05-14 14:52:40.674091445 +0200
+++ luat-mac.lua    2012-05-14 15:55:50.683559201 +0200
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
 local commenttoken   = P("%")
 local crorlf         = S("\n\r")
-local commentline    = commenttoken * ((Carg(1) * 
C((1-crorlf)^0))/function(strip,s) return strip and "" or s end)
+--local commentline    = commenttoken * ((Carg(1) * 
C((1-crorlf)^0))/function(strip,s) return strip and "" or s end)
 local commentline    = commenttoken * ((1-crorlf)^0)
 local leadingcomment = (commentline * crorlf^1)^1
 local furthercomment = (crorlf^1 * commentline)^1
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
                     + V("texcode")
                     + V("braced")
                     + furthercomment
+                    + leadingcomment
                     + nobrace
                   )^0
              -- * rightbrace^-1, -- the -1 catches errors

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Now definitions with commented-out unbalanced stuff like

  \def\dosomething#content{%%% {{
    % { }{{ %%
    \bgroup\italic#content\egroup
  }

will work too.

Philipp


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