Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?

["John Taylor" <john.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Anton,

> Do we need to code the + to continue on the next line? I assume: NO. As
i'm
> trying to avoid spaghetti, i use quite some lines. So this would make some
> EVALs easier to read and would sum up to no win/no loss, maybe.

More of a loss than a win I think, because there is no longer any such thing
as "extended factor 2". The whole line is available to you now, so there
will be fewer multiple-line statements. There is also much less of a
reliance upon EVAL. You no longer need it to call procedures, or to evaluate
(at least some) expressions. In fact, I'm not sure where exactly you still
need to use it.

Eval x = SomeFunction( 'DummyParm')

  can now be coded as

x = SomeFunction()

Eval x = x + 1

   can now be coded as

x = x + 1

> I appreciate it! GOTO, handled with care and some mercy to others, is
> *sometimes* clearer than another constructions. But i happily say good bye
> to GOTO, as i never can be sure of that. The other point that hits my eye
> is that your code has two exit points. I don't like that, too.

Well then, maybe Toronto should remove LEAVESR and RETURN as well? ;-)


Regards,

John Taylor
Canada

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