Am 26.11.2014 um 23:32 schrieb David A. Wheeler: > This is a request for comment: > In sweet-expressions, should a line beginning with "." have the same > semantics as wisp? > > In wisp, I understand that a line beginning with "." is interpreted as a > sequence of expressions at the same level. E.G.,: > foo bar > . aaa bbb ccc > => > (foo bar aaa bbb ccc). > > A "." with a single n-expression is interpreted this way now. Currently, > it's illegal to have more than 1 n-expression on a line; this change would > relax that rule. > > Anyway, thoughts welcome, pro or con.
For indentation sensitive mode as the first element on a line: I fail to see what damage it could do. => pro However within "normal" s-expressions or neotheric expressions I'd have second thoughts. How would this be parsed?: foo bar . aaa . bbb ccc Here I'd prefer to get a parsing error. => con /Jörg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Readable-discuss mailing list Readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/readable-discuss
