I guess I can ammend the rules again...
- Conjunctions and adverbs have precedence over spaces
(solves your x +"1 y case)
the rules below seem to account for pairing monads as
well:
2++:4 - 2 is (2+(+:4)) - 2 --> which would already
parses as (2++:4) - 2, so the above is the same as:
2+ +:4 - 2 is (2+ +:4) - 2 , and
2+ +: 4 - 2 is 2+ +: (4 - 2)
The special syntax would not work when pairing user
verbs and user variables (because spaces are necessary
for those), but would still get applied often.
--- "Miller, Raul D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> p j wrote:
> > A much simpler version of my earlier rules is:
> > -replace " " to the right of a noun with ") "
> > -replace " " to the left of a noun with
> > <b>closing</b>" (" (sufficient number to close all
> > open ")"
> > So:
> > 5 + 3-2 - 5 *3 is (5) + (3-2) - ((5) *3)
>
> With an additional caveat that an "edge" (an
> explicit left parenthesis or the left edge of
> the string) closes all implicit parenthesis,
> that is implementable.
>
> On the other hand, it would break a lot of
> existing code. For example
>
> x +"1 y
>
> would become a syntax error. You'd be
> compelled to use some other form, such as
> x +"1]y
> or
> x (+"1) y
>
> I expect there are a number of other cases
> with analogous problems.
>
> I'm not sure this is an improvement.
>
> --
> Raul
>
>
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