Re: Comments between lines raise syntax error

["Ruud H.G. van Tol" <rvtol@isolution.nl>]

On 2025-11-15 12:49, Ewan Delanoy wrote:
> >I advise to use { ... } for complicated multi-line statements instead 
> of a
> >line continuation \. The latter works best for a very small number of 
> lines.
>
> On the other hand, if one wishes to separate subinstructions line by 
> line for readibility inside a "while" or "if" loop
> inside a function, line continuations are all that's available, right 
> ? The error message is "***   sorry, embedded braces (in parser) is 
> not yet implemented."
>
>
>
> For example, in the code below I cannot forego the line continuations 
> if I wish to avoid the not very readable one-liner 
> "example()=if(noMeatToday(),cry();roar(););", right ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> E. D.
>
> noMeatToday()=1
> cry()={}
> roar()={}
>
> example()={
>   if(noMeatToday(),\
>      cry();\
>      roar();\
>   );
> }

Just one of the many ways:

{ my
  ( noMeatToday()= 1
  , cry()= print("cry")
  , roar()= print("roar")
  );

  example()=
    if
    ( noMeatToday()
    , cry()
    , roar()
    );
}

? example()
cry

Notice that I made the initial 3 functions all lexical.

-- Ruud