[Axiom-developer] #pile vs. non-#pile

[Ralf Hemmecke]

> > > )abbrev domain MYIARR MyIndexedOneDimensionalArray
> > > MyIndexedOneDimensionalArray(S:Type, mn:Integer):_
> > >                  Exports == Implementation where
> > >    Qsetelt ==> SETELT$Lisp
> > >    Qnew ==> GETREFV$Lisp
> > >
> > >   Exports == OneDimensionalArrayAggregate S with

> On August 19, 2006 1:15 PM Ralf Hemmecke wrote:
> > ... 
> > Anyway that is a very good example why pile syntax is
> > terrible.

> Ralf, I am sorry but your comment makes be rather angry. :(

I hope you have some mercy with me. But I cannot believe that you find 
that code easily readable.

Is it so obvious for the untrained eye that the indentation of the line 
after the _ is irrelevant? (Actually, I don't know this rule by heart.)
What if the line "Exports == Implementation where" were a bit longer so 
that you have to break it again with _? How much would you indent this 
third line then?

I agree that in some cases #pile mode might look nice, but I turned away 
from it long ago (because of code like the above).

Sorry that I posted my personal opinion. Important for me is that code 
should be easily readable (whether pile or not) and for that we should 
introduce some style conventions. (I have mine for non-pile mode more or 
less encoded in aldor-mode.el. But if more people start programming in 
Aldor I'll probably start a Wikipage about style conventions.)

Ralf