On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 18:11:42 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>> Your statement implies that "sometimes" it is legitimate to not use quotes.
>
>In fact, sometimes it is mandatory to not use them.
>
>Your suggested wording has the same issue as what is in the manual; it
>prescribes rules that aren't always appropriate. The REXX Reference manual has
>a perfectly adequate description of how REXX evaluates expressions: refer the
>reader to that. Don't invent rules that sometimes don't apply.
>
>The root problem is that someone is writing code without understanding the
>language.
>
The PDFs and web pages are pretty good at handling internal references.
Imagine, instead, where appropriate:
" ... an expression (see
<https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGMCP_5.5.0/reference/rexx/expres.html>)
which represents a [symbol|command|...].
-- gil
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