Re: Comments between lines raise syntax error

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

On Sa t, Nov 15, 2025 at 12:49:09PM +0100, 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."

Embedded brace would be redundant.  All linebreak are discarded between the outer {} anyway.

> 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 ?

What is wrong with 

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

Cheers,
Bill.