[Implemented] Will v4 bring us something like line splitting

[blueznl]

trust me, one day there's gonna' be a v4

and my oh my, do i bet there will be some major changes... and do i look forward to them, yeah!

how was it... what did jack burton always say...

This is Jack Burton in the Pork-Chop Express and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there. It's like I told my last wife, I says, "Honey, I never drive faster than I can see. Besides that, it's all in the reflexes."
You just listen to the Pork-Chop Express and take his advice on a dark and stormy night. When some wild-eyed, 8 foot tall, maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your head up against a bar-room wall, he looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if you've paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye and remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that "Have you paid your dues, Jack?" "Yes sir, the cheque is in the mail."

You just listen to the old Pork-Chop Express here and take his advice on a dark and stormy night, when the lightning's crashin', the thunder's rollin' and the rain's comin' down in sheets thick as lead. Just remember what old Jack Burton does when the earth quakes and the poison arrows fall from the sky and the pillars of heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big old storm right square in the eye and he says, "Gimme your best shot, pal. I can take it."

give us your best shot, fred, we can take it

[Dare2]

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OpenWindow( #Window,                        _
               x, y,                        _
               InnerWidth,                  _  ; Not Outer!
               InnerHeight,                 _  ; Yoiks, can comment each part!
               #PB_Window_SystemMenu |      _  ; Gimme an eXit!
               #PB_Window_WindowCentered,   _  ; Look Ma ...
               "WooHoo"                     _  ; ... no sideways scrolling!
          )

[blueznl]

turns out to be not too easy, at least to do it fast enough... let's turn it into a little coding challenge... see here

viewtopic.php?p=114887#114887

[Dr. Dri]

no need for a "_"
it should be possible after any operator or separator (except this one -> )

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a + 2 + ;not finished line
a + 3   ;continues here

a + 2 + a + 3 ;same code

Dri

[Dare2]

I think I prefer continuation character, no ambiguity. More readable.

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a = b + c +        ; Obviously incomplete but ..
d + e              ; .. is this the continuation or incrementing d?

a = b + c          ; Looks complete but ..
+ d                ; .. is this an error or continuation?

Just MHO.

[dagcrack]

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OpenWindow( #Window,                        _
               x, y,                        _
               InnerWidth,                  _  ; Not Outer!
               InnerHeight,                 _  ; Yoiks, can comment each part!
               #PB_Window_SystemMenu |      _  ; Gimme an eXit!
               #PB_Window_WindowCentered,   _  ; Look Ma ...
               "WooHoo"                     _  ; ... no sideways scrolling!
          )

Sounds like easy to implement on jaPBe but as said, then your sources wouldnt compile on other IDEs since they dont have their pre-processor ready for this.. But then, you could simply have a button "flatten" or something, so all the lines are flatten and you can share your nasty "codez"...

[blueznl]

well, like it or not, i've added it to codecaddy, some final stuff to be done...

[blueznl]

viewtopic.php?p=115110#115110

[Kale]

Personally i like long lines and would never use this 'feature'. I think it looks like a mess and not very 'Pure', but this is just my opinion.

I've completely changed my mind on this subject and now i would very much like to see a continuation character added to PB too, to break up long lines.

I've now grown to like broken lines...

Any news on this Fred?

[Fred]

It's still on the todo list .

[Shannara]

(PureBasic = Basic) And (VisualBasic <> Basic).

IIRC Deeem2031 made a precompiler for this

Actually, the following looks more accurate:

(PureBasic <> Basic) And (VisualBasic <> Basic).

I believe PB have moved a bit from the Basic language just like VB, IB, RB, EB, etc. This is a good thing, IMO.

[blueznl]

i have been called a turncoat by admitting i like like continuation characters as well

i just wonder what is the best approach... using a line continuation char at the END of the current line or at the BEGINNING of the next line...

although codecaddy does one at the end somehow the next sample looks quote good...

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; codecaddy style
;
a.s = "dit is een test en laten we wel wezen, dit " + _
  "is nog een test"

; at-the-beginning style
;
a.s = "dit is een test en laten we wel wezen, dit "
  _ + "is nog een test"

perhaps the second variant, although i haven't seen it in any language, may be the best option?

somehow this

[Kale]

I like the continuation charater at the end of the line i think.

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;Open a window 
hWnd.l = CreateWindowEx_(0,_
								"WindowClass",_
								"Hello World",_
								#WS_VISIBLE | #WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | #WS_SIZEBOX ,_
								WindowXPosition,_
								WindowYPosition,_
								WindowWidth,_
								WindowHeight,_
								0,_
								0,_
								GetModuleHandle_(#Null),_
								0)

[USCode]

If the IDE did auto-formatting then the IDE could just word-wrap the long lines and apply appropriate formatting to those lines. I've used an IDE that does this and it's VERY nice.

[va!n]

Fred: It's still on the todo list Wink.

Nice to hear