Re: On the subject of Lua's grammar... --[[ ]]

["Adam D. Moss" <adam@...>]

Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> > That syntax does look pretty wacky, [...]
>
> Suggestions for improvements are wellcome. The syntax needs to allow the
> inclusion of any literal string; it would be nice if the old `[[ ]]'
> could fit as a special case of the new format.

Yeah, I could see what you were going for.  I can't think of
anything more visually pleasing that keeps [[ compatability, my
main worry was that --[*[ would be inconvenient to type (on many/most
UK/US keyboards needing the use of shift or keypad) and head down
the slippery slope of making Lua code look like line-noise.  But
having spent a few minutes now 'trying it out' it's fine really and
in most cases I expect people can safely stick to [[ ]] anyway.

Regards,
--Adam
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