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[Implemented] Continue Character?

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:14 pm
by Steve Elliott
I know it's BASIC - but it's a BASIC Compiler, so is there a continue character that lets the compiler know you wish to split a long line in two? If not I'd like that feature added.

I know you can use a colon to add another statement on a single line - but you can't do this in the middle of an IF statement. And things get untidy when reading - and especially when printing, because on a decent screen resolution the whole line can be seen on the same line - the paper print is too narrow.

Just makes your code tidier and so bugs easier to spot.

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:15 pm
by blueznl
well, it's a recurring request :-)

dunno if we get it, fred said he wasn't too impressed with the idea, yet somewhere else he mentioned it could come...

i've hadcked up a little tool called codecaddy that does this for you, but it's, well, something *i* wrote which doesn't bode very well :-)

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:19 pm
by Steve Elliott
well, it's a recurring request
Well anybody that thinks it's a good idea please put your name to this thread.

:D

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:29 pm
by srod
Get's my vote.

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:02 am
by Dare2
signs.

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:16 am
by netmaestro
All for it -unless it slows the beta release down :twisted:

Re: Continue Character?

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:29 am
by PB
> is there a continue character that lets the compiler know you wish to split a
> long line in two? If not I'd like that feature added.

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