From: Iain Barnett <iainspeed@...>
Date: 2010-07-07T18:05:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Hashes don't allow preceding commas by design?

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On 7 Jul 2010, at 09:33, Josh Cheek wrote:
>=20
> I don't know the reasoning for that decision [quirk?] but commas at =
the end
> of lines should not hinder commenting out lines
>=20
>=20
>=20
> a =3D {
>  1 =3D> 2 ,
>  3 =3D> 4 ,
>  5 =3D> 6 ,
> }
> a # =3D> {5=3D>6, 1=3D>2, 3=3D>4}
>=20
>=20
>=20
> a =3D {
>  # 1 =3D> 2 ,
>  3 =3D> 4 ,
>  5 =3D> 6 ,
> }
> a # =3D> {5=3D>6, 3=3D>4}
>=20
>=20
>=20
> a =3D {
>  1 =3D> 2 ,
>  # 3 =3D> 4 ,
>  5 =3D> 6 ,
> }
> a # =3D> {5=3D>6, 1=3D>2}
>=20
>=20
>=20
> a =3D {
>  1 =3D> 2 ,
>  3 =3D> 4 ,
>  # 5 =3D> 6 ,
> }
> a # =3D> {1=3D>2, 3=3D>4}

If you're allowed a comma for the last line then it's not a problem. =
Thanks for letting me know, too many years working with languages that =
don't like that meant I didn't try it :)

Iain


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