Kish Shen wrote: > > >Syntax errors occur with [\n]: > > I think this is expected: if you want \n as an element of the list, it > should be enclosed in quotes (atom) or double quotes (string) ('\n' or > "\n"). > > If what you want is [], then this is an atom and can't be seperated by a \n. > If all you want is a newline, then the next token should be a list element, > not ], hence the unexpected token error. There is actually a compatibility option to allow this: [eclipse 1]: local syntax_option(blanks_in_nil). yes. [eclipse 2]: x([ ]). calling an undefined procedure x([]) in module eclipse -- Joachim Schimpf / phone: +44 20 7594 8187 IC-Parc, Imperial College / mailto:J.Schimpf@ic.ac.uk London SW7 2AZ, UK / http://www.icparc.ic.ac.uk/eclipseReceived on Mon Nov 27 13:42:27 2000
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