[Python-ideas] Extending expressions using ellipsis
Ryan Hiebert
ryan at ryanhiebert.com
Thu Sep 1 11:04:12 EDT 2016
> On Sep 1, 2016, at 1:40 AM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> Would this be enforced in the grammar or by the lexer? Since you say
>> you expect the indentation to be enforced, that suggests it would be
>> done by the grammar,
>
> I think it could be done by having the lexer enter a mode
> where it swallows a newline that is followed by an indentation
> to a level greater than the starting level of the construct.
> Then no change would be needed to the grammar.
+1
This is what I would like. It wouldn't require the ellipsis marker, AFAICT, and would eliminate so many parenthesis and backslashes from my code.
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