Re: The semicolon habit (was: Q: Definition of a scripting lang.)

bevan@cs.man.ac.uk (Stephen J Bevan)
Mon, 15 May 1995 09:48:33 GMT

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Newsgroups: comp.compilers
From: bevan@cs.man.ac.uk (Stephen J Bevan)
Keywords: syntax, design
Organization: Department of Computer Science; University of Manchester
References: 95-05-014 95-05-083
Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 09:48:33 GMT

plong@perf.com (Paul Long) writes:
      ... One problem with specifying the character
      position is what to do in the presence of macro expansion. Do you indicate
      the position in the original source or in the expanded source.


I'd suggest generally the former with the option of the latter in
order to solve the really awkward problems.
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