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> On Mar 13, 2013 10:15 PM, "Alan Manuel Gloria" <almkglor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > re this: > > > > +<li>adding a comment on each blank line, or</li> > > +<li>adding \\ on each blank line</li> > > > > I'd rather: > > > > +<li>putting an empty <code>;</code>-comment on each blank line, or</li> > > +<li>adding a correctly-indented GROUP (<code>\\</code>) on each blank line</li> The reword looks better, but it's actually not just a correctly-indented GROUP, it's: +<li>adding a correctly-indented GROUP (<code>\\</code>) or "special comment" (such as #|...|#) on each blank line</li> If you're going to list *all* the possible ways, special comments will do the same thing: aa bb ! cc dd ! #| more stuff |# ! ee ff ; => (aa bb (cc dd) (ee ff)) Of course, changing a blank line to a ;-only line is usually the better approach!! On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:48:23 -0700, Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin <cben@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A non-empty comment works too, right? > Of course an empty comment is minimally obtrusive, but this may be read as > if it MUST be empty. Yes, a non-empty comment works too. I think he meant a ;-comment-only line, optionally preceded by indent characters. --- David A. Wheeler