On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 12:29:21 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: > >Doesn't actually need the space, of course, though my personal style would >use it for readability. It's just a trailing comma that makes it >continuation. From Rexx's perspective: > Don't the blank lines ...
>rc = function(arg1,, > /* here */ >arg2) > >is identical to: > >rc = function(arg1, , > /* here */ >arg2) > >Personally, I use a space after a comma, and one before a continuation >comma: > >rc = function(arg1, arg2, , > /* here */ >arg3) > ... terminate the instructions, resulting in syntax errors? If I need vertical whitespace within an instruction for legibility, I either put commas on such lines for continuation or embed them in multi-line comments: either: rc = function(arg1, arg2, , , arg3) or: rc = function(arg1, arg2, , /* */ arg3) >I find this makes it easier to distinguish the arguments when reading, and >easy to find continued lines (by looking for "space comma space"). YMMV. > I do likewise. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
