Re: [Cheetahtemplate-discuss] new syntax

[Shannon --jj B. <jj...@ya...>]

Basically, 

#_ if foo:
#_     silent $do_something
#_ else:
#_     silent $do_something_else
#_ end if

would be symantically equivalent to:

#if foo:
#silent $do_something
#else:
#silent $do_something_else
#end if

The "_" just tells the compiler to ignore whitespace until you hit the
actual directive.

--- Mike Orr <ms...@oz...> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 02:33:52AM -0500, Keith Devens wrote:
> > > #_    # Basically, #_ just eats whitespace.
> 
> What should #_ do if it's not at the beginning of the line?

The "#_" syntax would have no effect on whitespace before the "#".

> Eat the whitespace after it?  
> Around it?  

It only eats whitespace between the "#" and the directive.

> Eat the whitespace at
> the beginning of the line anyway?

No.

> Or be an error?

No.

> But it should not eat the trailing newline in any case, since that
> would be intruding into #slurp's territory.

Of course.  In fact, the trailing newline comes *after* the directive,
so it's not seen by the #_ syntax.

Have Fun,
-jj

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