Re: nested comments (please correct lexical scope)
Paul Schlie 09 Jan 2005 22:44 UTC
> From: Robby Findler <xxxxxx@cs.uchicago.edu>
> At Sun, 09 Jan 2005 17:34:56 -0500, Paul Schlie wrote:
>> I would expect a #; comment to lexically remove the expression/token it's
>> been lexically prepended to, nothing else. (including white-space). i.e.:
>
> FWIW, this would make #; useless for me. When I use it, the entire
> value is that it works at the read level, not the lexical level.
>
> Robby
Please explain? In what circumstance would you actually prefer/require to
express:
(a #;#; b c) => (a)
Vs
(a #;b #;c) => (a)
