Leo's proposed syntax is fine with me.
> [leo - Fri Feb 25 01:34:24 2005]:
>
> Bernhard Schmalhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > in the near, or far, future there will be test scripts and compiler
> > input in PIR. For that it would be nice, if long text doesn't have to
> > be crammed into a single line.
>
> > So some kind of HERE document syntax is needed for PIR. Suggestions
> > for syntax elements are welcome. '<<' is already taken for the left
> > shift operator.
>
> Yeah. I came to the same conclusion, while hacking the Z translator.
> While the syntax extension isn't really necessary, it can produce much
> more readable code.
>
> WRT syntax:
>
> $S0 = <<_EOT_
> ...
> _EOT_
>
> will work, because the token "<<_EOT_" is longer then the token "<<". The
> only thing that will stop working is:
>
> .local int _EOT_
> $I0 = $I1 <<_EOT_ # space needed then
>
> Not much of a problem. We don't need and don't support nested HERE docs,
> so one fix-defined "<<_EOT_" or some such will do it.
>
> > CU, Bernhard
>
> leo
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