Re: The semicolon habit (was: Q: Definition

tim@handel.Princeton.EDU (Tim Hollebeek) writes:
      In that case, the same argument can be made _in favor_ of the
              semicolon habit :) If, for example, you edit with emacs and
(setq c-auto-newline t), then you get automatic indenting and
formatting, and still have the flexibility to indent the
way you want when necessary. Languages that depend on
indentation get to be a pain as you
assymptotically approach the right margin. ...


I've written a fair amount of Haskell in the past and never noticed
the problem to which you refer. Do you have any examples from real
programs where the identation has been a pain or is your argument
purely theoretical?


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