Re : Function vs list of instructions executed separately

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 07:38:40AM +0100, Ewan Delanoy wrote:
> Thanks for all your corrections Bill.
> 
>  >Do not use \ at end of line inside {}, because \ is an operator in
> >GP , so a \ b is legal. Instead indent your code
> 
>  I admit that this use of "\" is not pretty, but I happen to use copy-paste a lot from my source files to the PARI_GP interpreter and the indented code you suggest will not compile correctly if copy-pasted
> into the interpreter, it will interpret every line break as a separator between different functions or instructions.

You can use brace even in the interpretor:
- Type
{
- Paste your code
- Type
} 
- Type return

Cheers,
Bill.