On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 23:31:49 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >I can see him agreeing that an expression involving two distinct strings is >not what he meant; that tells me nothing about what he did mean. Specifically, >it does not tell me whether he meant: > > 1. A string literal running over two source lines > whose value does not include an embedded new line. > That was not my intent. As you note, the effect can easily be coded as a string expression.
> 2. A string literal whose value includes an embedded new line > I intended that. Rexx for UNIX System Services provides the predefined string value, ESC_N, to facilitate creating such string expressions, useful ion ADDRESS SH. >With either meaning, " I wish Rexx supported multi-line strings." remains a >reasnoable desire, in the sense that REXX does not currently support it. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
