In https://sourceforge.net/p/readable/wiki/Current/ you correctly pointed out that "." as indentation whitespace causes problems with symbols like "..." in Scheme.
HOWEVER, perhaps there's a much simpler approach: period only has an indentation meaning in column 1. Then the example could look like this: define-syntax do-it . syntax-rules () . group . do-it . x . group x . group . do-it . x . body . ... . group begin . x . do-it . body . ... Pros: * You don't need to escape symbols that begin with period (e.g., ...) unless they're in column 1. I think that's a lot less common; minimizing the need for escapes is a good thing. * People who want only whitespace indentation, or period indentation, can quickly switch. Cons: * Now you REALLY can't use periods to "emphasize" something. I don't mind that loss, I know you thought that interesting. A variant could be that periods only have the indentation meaning until the first non-period. Then this is valid: ... body ... ... As silly as the period-as-indentation rule appeared to me at first, it's sortof growing on me. Maybe we should keep some variant of it. --- David A. Wheeler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Readable-discuss mailing list Readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/readable-discuss
