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| From | anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: Semicolon style? |
| Date | 2017-03-03 17:34 +0000 |
| Organization | Institut fuer Computersprachen, Technische Universitaet Wien |
| Message-ID | <2017Mar3.183432@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> (permalink) |
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rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes:
>On 3/3/2017 4:03 AM, Anton Ertl wrote:
>> Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> writes:
>>> I can't decide which I prefer:
>>>
>>> Trailing semicolon, like this:
>>>
>>> : contractCount ( addr -- n )
>>> \ given the address of the variable, return the
>>> \ number of contracts associated with it.
>>> 3 cells + @ ;
>>>
>>> Or on it's own line in column 0:
>>>
>>> : contractCount ( addr -- n )
>>> \ given the address of the variable, return the
>>> \ number of contracts associated with it.
>>> 3 cells + @
>>> ;
>>>
>>> What say you?
>>
>> I normally prefer the former style, but the latter has the advantage
>> of making it easier to add or remove a line right before the ";",
>> e.g., during debugging.
>
>What? How is that easier to edit?
|easier to add or remove a line right before the ";"
At least if you have an editor with line-oriented commands.
- anton
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