GNU bug report logs - #14399
octave-mode bug

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tom Olin <tom_olin <at> partech.com>

Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 17:09:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #41 received at 14399 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> nexgo.de>
Cc: 14399 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14399: octave-mode bug
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 12:19:30 -0500

>> That's the part I knew already ;-)
>> 
>> But in which way is 
>> 
>> a = [ foo;...
>> bar ]
>> 
>> different from
>> 
>> a = [ foo
>> bar ]
>> or
>> a = [ foo;
>> bar ]

> For these three examples there is no difference because the newlines and
> whitespace the continuation marker gobbles up wouldn't terminate or
> alter the statement.

Thanks.  So it begs the question: why would someone write

 a = [ foo;...
       bar ]

instead of one of the other two?  I'm trying to understand what's the
intention behind it, to better understand how the code should behave.


        Stefan
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