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From: Yingjie Lan <lanyjie@yahoo.com>
Subject: allow line break at operators
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Hi all,=0A=0AWhen writing a long expresion, one usually would like to break=
 it into multiple lines. Currently, you may use a '\' to do so, but it look=
s a little awkward (more like machine-oriented thing). Therefore I start wo=
ndering why not allow line breaking at an operator, which is the standard w=
ay of breaking a long expression in publication? Here is an example:=0A=0A#=
the old way=0A=0Ax =3D 1+2+3+4+\=0A=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 1+2+3+4=0A=0A#the new wa=
y=0Ax =3D 1+2+3+4+ #line continues as it is clearly unfinished=0A=0A=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0 1+2+3+4=0A=0AOf course, the dot operator is also included, which =
may facilitate method chaining:=0A=0Ax =3D svg.append( 'circle' ).=0A=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0 r(2).cx(1).xy(1).=0A=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 foreground('black').bkground(=
'white')=0A=0AThoughts?=0A=0AYingjie=0A