> On Monday, August 20, 2018 at 1:37:53 AM UTC+9, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > Currently, when making a list with continuation lines, it is not
> > possible to add a comment somewhere:
> >
> > let array = [
> > \ item,
> > \ item,
> > \ item,
> > \]
> >
> > Adding a comment after the comma causes all the rest to be included in
> > the comment:
> >
> > let array = [
> > \ item,
> > \ item, " comment
> > \ item,
> > \]
> >
> > Since this is equivalent to:
> >
> > let array = [ item, item, " comment item, ]
> >
> > Simple solutions will such as using \" fail, because just about anything
> > following the backslash is valid if we are inside a string:
> >
> > echo "some
> > \ word
> > \" comment
> > \ word
> >
> > Is equivalent to the valid command:
> >
> > echo "some word" comment word
> >
> > So, a line starting with a backslash can't be used for a comment.
> > Thinking about what would work (that is, currently it is an error), I
> > thought of using |\":
> >
> > let array = [
> > \ item,
> > |\" comment
> > \ item,
> > \]
> >
> > It looks a bit weird, but it would work. Any thoughts?
> >
> > --
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> >
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> I like this.
>
> https://go-gyazo.appspot.com/04e22439cfdc859e.png
>
> Most of people expect comments can be written as syntax is.
Unfortunately, that currently is valid syntax, especially when the line
continuation is used for a long string. The parsing happens after all
the continuation lines are joined, it's not really possible before that.
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