Re: [Vala] A few questions

[Jan Hudec <bulb ucw cz>]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 19:04:35 -0500, Hugo Florentino wrote:
> > I dont use windows so cannot say but valac syntax support should be
> > identical. I am also thinking of allowing automatic line continuations
> > if last character of a line is a comma (without need of a backslash) in
> > future versions of Genie
>
> This would be a great idea, also consider allowing some operators
> like "+" for string concatenation and "and/or" for complex
> conditions.
> Actually, on second thought Genie _could_ be smart enough to detect
> line continuation in every possible case. I believe Python can do
> it, so I don't see why Genie can't.

Actually python does not do it. It only ignores newline without backslash
when any parenthesis, brackets or braces are open.

There are some other languages (e.g. Lua) that do it, though. The idea is
that if at the end of line the parser is not in a state where it does not
expect end of statement, it ignores the newline instead of declaring an error.

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                                                 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb ucw cz>