Re: how useful are collecting lists? David A. Wheeler 14 Mar 2013 12:53 UTC

> On Mar 13, 2013 10:15 PM, "Alan Manuel Gloria" <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > re this:
> >
> > +<li>adding a comment on each blank line, or</li>
> > +<li>adding \\ on each blank line</li>
> >
> > I'd rather:
> >
> > +<li>putting an empty <code>;</code>-comment on each blank line, or</li>
> > +<li>adding a correctly-indented GROUP (<code>\\</code>) on each blank line</li>

The reword looks better, but it's actually not just a correctly-indented GROUP, it's:
+<li>adding a correctly-indented GROUP (<code>\\</code>) or "special comment"
(such as #|...|#)  on each blank line</li>

If you're going to list *all* the possible ways, special comments will do the same thing:
aa bb
! cc dd
! #| more stuff |#
! ee ff
; => (aa bb (cc dd) (ee ff))

Of course, changing a blank line to a ;-only line is usually the better approach!!

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:48:23 -0700, Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin <xxxxxx@users.sf.net> wrote:
> A non-empty comment works too, right?
> Of course an empty comment is minimally obtrusive, but this may be read as
> if it MUST be empty.

Yes, a non-empty comment works too.
I think he meant a ;-comment-only line, optionally preceded by indent characters.

--- David A. Wheeler