Multi-line lists

[Bill]

Of course, lists on one line are no problem:

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[2,3,4]

However, how does one get multi-line lists to work?

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>[2, $long-symbol-name-is-this, $another-one-is-this, 333,
[1:interpreter] Exception : Bad items list


[Franck]

Hello,

This is a restriction when you enter code into the interpreter directly from command line : the list must be complete by the end of the line (and this is true not only for lists).

If you load your code from a file or package, there is not such a restriction : you can have lists declared on multiple lines.

Franck

[sotolf]

This is a restriction when you enter code into the interpreter directly from command line : the list must be complete by the end of the line (and this is true not only for lists).

And in the interpreter it doesn't really matter either, it's more annoying in the interpreter when I by mistake enter ä or å or some special character, and I have to remember to delete the hidden character as well, or else the interpreter will yell, I have kind of solved it now, by changing to the colemak keyboard layout where these letters aren't so close to []

[Franck]

Hi,

With list comprehension written in Oforth (V0.9.23), there is no more this restriction.
You can enter multi-line lists also directly in the interpreter.

Franck