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HullOS Operating System for Hull Pixelbots and other embedded devices
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BEGIN-END #1

Closed BNNorman closed 6 years ago

BNNorman commented 6 years ago

Looking through your spec Rob - Are BEGIN and END really needed? Surely IF-ELSE-ENDIF puts boundaries on the code. Also possible are WHILE-WEND, FOREVER-ENDFOREVER.

This would mean that indented code is optional (I hate python's indenting - so easy to get out of kilter).

CrazyRobMiles commented 6 years ago

Good comments. I gave up on IF - ELSE - ENDIF type constructions when I kept forgetting them as I was writing the code.

I've actually reached the scary point where I quite like Python's indenting, and it occurred to me that if I want to use my language as a stepping stone to Python it might be a good idea to use indenting. If I use indenting I need begin-end otherwise I don't know when to close off loops.

BNNorman commented 6 years ago

I got the indentation working so no need for WEND, ENDFOREVER or ENDIF. BEGIN and END are not really required (as per Python) but if BEGIN is used the lexical analyser expects an indented statement to follow.

CrazyRobMiles commented 6 years ago

Good stuff. Indenting text after a BEGIN makes a lot of sense, I'll see if I can modify the HullOs code to support that. f

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I got the indentation working so no need for WEND, ENDFOREVER or ENDIF. BEGIN and END are not really required (as per Python) but if BEGIN is used the lexical analyser expects an indented statement to follow.

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BNNorman commented 6 years ago

Ok.