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| From | rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: Semicolon style? |
| Date | 2017-03-03 11:54 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <o9c70g$a0b$3@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <8546c533-ec18-4ec1-896e-2a1eb76c609e@googlegroups.com> <2017Mar3.100333@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> |
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? Is that what you mean? -- Rick C
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Semicolon style? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2017-03-01 08:57 -0800
Re: Semicolon style? crc <charles.childers@gmail.com> - 2017-03-01 10:27 -0800
Re: Semicolon style? peter.m.falth@gmail.com - 2017-03-01 10:39 -0800
Re: Semicolon style? minforth@arcor.de - 2017-03-02 08:38 -0800
Re: Semicolon style? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-02 12:31 -0500
Re: Semicolon style? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-03-02 22:12 -0800
Re: Semicolon style? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-03-02 22:25 -0800
Re: Semicolon style? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-03-03 08:56 +0000
Re: Semicolon style? minforth@arcor.de - 2017-03-03 03:42 -0800
Re: Semicolon style? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-03 11:53 -0500
Re: Semicolon style? "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-03-02 12:24 +1100
Re: Semicolon style? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-03-03 09:03 +0000
Re: Semicolon style? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-03 11:54 -0500
Re: Semicolon style? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-03-03 17:34 +0000
Re: Semicolon style? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-03 17:22 -0500
Re: Semicolon style? "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-03-04 11:42 +1100
Re: Semicolon style? Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2017-03-03 15:12 +0000
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