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Or no delimiter at all in case there are no ambiguities to solve. Make a language that knows that different lines are for different stuff sections = [ "o

Or no delimiter at all in case there are no ambiguities to solve. Make a language that knows that different lines are for different stuff sections = [ "one" "two" "three" ] and separate with commas when you want to write something on the same line sections = [ "one" "two", "three" ]

bstpierre 4y ago
In your first example you’re just using newlines as delimiters, the second is allowing either newline or comma.
- DougBTX 4y ago
  Or taking a Lisp perspective, atoms separated by white space.
xcombelle 4y ago
sections: [ "one" "two" "three" ] and sections: [ "one" ["two" "three"] ] exists already and is named rebol (and their derivatives)
Yahivin 4y ago
That's how I do it in Civet (the CoffeeScript of TypeScript). It's a very small amount of complexity to add to the parser for a ton of convenience when using the language. https://github.com/DanielXMoore/Civet https://github.com/DanielXMoore/Civet
allknowingfrog 4y ago
Ruby has an interesting syntax for defining arrays of literal values. irb(main):001:0> sections = %w(one two three) => ["one", "two", "three"]
- pmontra 4y ago
  I know and it works on multiple lines too. However I never use it. Requirements change, refactoring happens, one of those literals becomes an interpolated string and all of a sudden I have to rewrite all the array. Furthermore %w() is just not nice to look at IMHO.