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Re: [ddlm-group] Fwd: Fwd: Searching for a compromise on eliding
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- Subject: Re: [ddlm-group] Fwd: Fwd: Searching for a compromise on eliding
- From: James Hester <jamesrhester@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 00:07:54 +1100
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If proposal G were to work as you describe instead of how I describe, how would you rank it relative to P-prime, and why? On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Herbert J. Bernstein <yaya@bernstein-plus-sons.com> wrote: > Dear James, > > Thank you. I trust you appeciate that for somebody used > to the C and Python-style handling of the reverse solidus, > such as myself, the difference beteen this rule and the C/Pythn rules, > which would have converted n backslahes into n/2 backslahes > for even n and (n-1)/2 backslahes plus a backslash, this > is disconcerting and confusing. When I look at > > ``line 1 \\\ > line 2`` > > and > > ``line 1 \\\\\ > line 2`` > > I see > > <start>line 1 \line 2<finish> > > and > > <start>line 1 \\line 2><finish> > > The question is thus not one of which approach (G or P-prime) > is more confusing, but one of which one is more confusing > for whom? > > Regards, > Herbert > > ===================================================== > Herbert J. Bernstein, Professor of Computer Science > Dowling College, Kramer Science Center, KSC 121 > Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY, 11769 > > +1-631-244-3035 > yaya@dowling.edu > ===================================================== > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, James Hester wrote: > >> Proposal G is derived from F', which has the simple rule that n >> backslashes before <eol> is replaced by n-1 backslashes and <eol> >> unless there is only 1 backslash, in which case both backslash and >> <eol> are removed. So the internal representations of these three >> strings are: >> >> <start>line 1 line 2<finish> >> >> <start>line 1 \ >> line 2<finish> >> >> <start>line 1 \\ >> line 2<finish> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Herbert J. Bernstein >> <yaya@bernstein-plus-sons.com> wrote: >>> >>> To avoid any misunderstandings, please clarify the meaning of >>> >>> ``line 1 \ >>> line 2`` >>> >>> ``line 1 \\ >>> line 2`` >>> >>> ``line 1 \\\ >>> line 2`` >>> >>> under proposal G >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> At 8:41 AM +1100 2/28/11, James Hester wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear DDLm-ers, >>>> >>>> Note the forwarded message from Ralf below - he is suggesting Proposal >>>> G with double backquote (grave accent) as a delimiter. >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve <rwgk@cci.lbl.gov> >>>> Date: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:51 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Fwd: Searching for a compromise on eliding >>>> To: jamesrhester@gmail.com >>>> Cc: rwgk@cci.lbl.gov >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi James, >>>> >>>> P' looks good to me, G better. How about >>>> >>>> ``Hello world`` >>>> >>>> ``\as \many \backslash \as \you \like \but \watch \ >>>> \out \at \end \of \line`` >>>> >>>> ``embedded `\ >>>> ` are not a problem, too`` >>>> >>>> Ralf >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> T +61 (02) 9717 9907 >>>> F +61 (02) 9717 3145 >>>> M +61 (04) 0249 4148 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ddlm-group mailing list >>>> ddlm-group@iucr.org >>>> http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/ddlm-group >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ===================================================== >>> Herbert J. Bernstein, Professor of Computer Science >>> Dowling College, Kramer Science Center, KSC 121 >>> Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY, 11769 >>> >>> +1-631-244-3035 >>> yaya@dowling.edu >>> ===================================================== >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ddlm-group mailing list >>> ddlm-group@iucr.org >>> http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/ddlm-group >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> T +61 (02) 9717 9907 >> F +61 (02) 9717 3145 >> M +61 (04) 0249 4148 >> _______________________________________________ >> ddlm-group mailing list >> ddlm-group@iucr.org >> http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/ddlm-group > > _______________________________________________ > ddlm-group mailing list > ddlm-group@iucr.org > http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/ddlm-group > > -- T +61 (02) 9717 9907 F +61 (02) 9717 3145 M +61 (04) 0249 4148 _______________________________________________ ddlm-group mailing list ddlm-group@iucr.org http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/ddlm-group
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