[nem-en] small detail about indent based syntax

[Michal Moskal]

On 11/7/05, Philippe Quesnel <philippe.quesnel at gmail.com> wrote:
> "heads-up" for the guys using the indent based syntax:
>
>  if you use the 'fallthrough' trick in a match,
>  to match multiple cases to one result :
>
>  match (s) {
>    | "a"
>    | "aa" => 1
>    | "b"
>    | "bb" => 2
>    | _ => 0
>  }
>
>  in indent syntax :
>
>  match (s)
>    | "a"
>    | "aa" => 1
>    | "b"
>    | "bb" => 2
>    | _ => 0
>
>  it won't work, you need to use line continuation ('\')

Oh, that's sucks. Maybe this can be somehow solved (for example by
allowing ; before | in matching?).

>  hope this helps someone,
>  thought I'd share the finding ;-)

It's best to add a note to the wiki: http://nemerle.org/Indentation-based_syntax

Thanks!

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   Michal Moskal,
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