Re: [q-lang-users] New 'where' syntax

[Eddie R. <ed...@bm...>]

I went to the SoureForge Archives and saw this submission that I didn't
get via email. Oh well. I copied the subject line so I hope it goes to
the write spot.

Albert Graef wrote,

>But I have to admit that
>
>foo X where Y = bar X: = Y/2;
>
>doesn't read very well. I can live with it, since I read it as: "Define
>foo X. First case, where Y = bar X: result is Y/2". Maybe you can get
>used to it. But for native English speakers it might be too much to bear.

To me, a native English speaker (Albeit southern dialect), the "where"
and "if" clauses read just fine if the equation part is broken to the
next line as

foo X where Y = bar X:
  = Y/2;

or even better

foo X
  where Y = bar X:
    = Y/2;

I'm sure the email won't preserve the indention though. I'm seriously
considering changing my emacs mode to indent "=" on the lhs  differently
than than the introductory "=" part of the equation. I'm also considering
changing the way nested "if then else" constructs within parenthesis
currently indent. I would like them to indent like without ()s. Is this
something other Q users would want?

Eddie