>
> Certainly using "--|" is very heavy, but the point of using . is that it
> is much lighter visually.
>
Just for clarification: I've never used "--|" in a language as "official"
syntax; I've used it (and variations of it) in Python and PHP when I really
needed to see the structure.
Come to think of it, there is Emacs code out there that can color-code the
levels; I have never tried using it, though.
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Alan Manuel Gloria <almkg...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Alpheus Madsen
> <alpheus.mad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Third, I'm not sure I like the idea of using "." for indentation. While
> it
> > helps to clarify the structure, it can also clutter the visual
> presentation
> > of the source code. I like the fact that word processors allows for
> ways to
> > toggle visual whitespace (certainly Kate, and probably Vi and Emacs); and
> > sometimes I'll do a formal search and replace between " " and "--|" and
> > back, when I need a better handle on the structure...but those are
> editing
> > functions, and I'm not sure if it would be a good idea to have these
> things
> > formally in the source code.
>
> You don't always get to use a text editor with that. Consider a long
> piece of indentation-sensitive code that you're viewing online on say
> github or sourceforge - or just plain FTP for that matter. I think it
> would be much better to actually give small amounts of "." in
> strategic places to give a better view.
>
> You don't have to use it all the time - "." as indentation is
> optional. Certainly using "--|" is very heavy, but the point of using
> . is that it is much lighter visually. It's meant to suggest thin
> lines as you would put them on a printout, in order to view the
> structure of the code without adding any particular meaning.
>
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