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From: Jörg F. W. <Joe...@so...> - 2014-11-27 11:04:59
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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 |
