Re: Comments between lines raise syntax error

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

On 2025-11-15 13:01, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote:
> 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.

And I also moved the roar() call to the else paw.

-- Ruud