From: Avdi Grimm <avdi.grimm@...>
Date: 2006-02-28T02:15:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Whitespace Semantics

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It is generally good coding style in any programming language, when
continuing an expression across more than one line, to split the lines afte=
r
an operator or other punctuation symbol which indicates that the expression
is unfinished.  I.e.

    somefunction( ...very long argument list,
                         more arguments)

or

   (4 +
    5)

This gives the reader a visual hint that the expression is incomplete, and
continues onto the next line.  Ruby just uses the same heuristic that a
human reader would use.

~Avdi

On 2/27/06, Almann Goo <almann.goo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks, the semantic is clearer now even though I think it is very
> clumsy.
>
> As an aside, it is interesting that Ruby allows for suites of
> statements to be used in a grouping context (the parenthesis)--most
> other languages that are whitespace sensitive don't allow this since it
> gets confusing with expressions (as my example shows).
>
> -Almann
>
>
>

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