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Re: [ddlm-group] Fwd: Fwd: Searching for a compromise on eliding

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

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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
> <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:51 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Fwd: Searching for a compromise on eliding
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
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