On 4/18/2019 11:32 AM, Brian Goetz wrote:
One view is that a string literal is the sequence of characters between
the delimiters, and a multi-line string literal is just a string literal
that happens to be able to span lines. This is also the simplest
extension of existing string literals to
On Apr 18, 2019, at 12:31 PM, John Rose wrote:
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> I think it's hard to make these be more convenient (readable,
> editable) than Jim and Brian's rules for stripping. They definitely
> have an "opt-in" feel to them, because of their extra overheads.
To clarify this paragraph: I mean that a
On Apr 18, 2019, at 12:02 PM, Kevin Bourrillion wrote:
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> Gonna requote it:
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> "When I open a block, I increase [indentation level] by N. When I close a
> block, I decrease it by N. Continuation line, maybe +2N. I move in and out
> based on what's happening locally. However, I have no care
On Apr 18, 2019, at 11:32 AM, Brian Goetz wrote:
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> So I think the question really comes down to: what _is_ a multi-line string
> literal.
As an aficionado of philosophy, I'll take a stab at this. You can judge
whether it's useful or not.
A string literal is a *convenient* and *natural*
> On Apr 18, 2019, at 1:30 PM, Kevin Bourrillion wrote:
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> Interesting! I think this is exactly opposite to what's really going on.
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> Here's how people think of their program indentation. When I open a block, I
> increase it by N. When I close a block, I decrease it by N.
- It is not an orthogonal decomposition; we're tying ML-ness to
alignment. The language should expose primitives that the user can
combine compositionally.
Interesting! I think this is exactly opposite to what's really going on.
Here's how people think of their program
, that the syntax ends with
a delimiter, that ** the _content_ of the multiline string consists of the
_entire_ sequence of characters between the delimiters **, and that ** the job
of align-by-default is to adjust that content (according to some rules) **.
There is an alternate approach that views
This could be exposed as either a language feature, or a
library feature, or both.
The question we're now ready to confront is: how should a user indicate
that they do, or do not, want alignment? Options include:
- Align by default, with some sort of opt-out
- Do not align by default, with
