I said: > So here's another rule idea, inspired by that approach. > When doing indentation processing: > 1. A "\ " at the beginning of the line (after whitespace) is ignored > (recursively, so you can have several if you want them). > 2. INSIDE a line, "\ " means "treat this as a line break, > with the next line beginning at this same indentation level". > 3. At the END of a line, "\" means "ignore the newline"; it > basically merges the line with the next one & ignores indentation.
I just realized that this has a nice side-effect; you can create single-line sequences when they make sense. E.G.: define showstats() write a \ write b \ write c Is the same as: define showstats() write a write b write c Which is the same as: (define (showstats) (write a) (write b) (write c)) Hmm, that's convenient. It's a lot like ";" as a statement terminator or separator in ALGOL-descended languages (like C and Pascal). Useful when you have highly related sets of short statements. --- David A. Wheeler ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Readable-discuss mailing list Readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/readable-discuss
