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&& within string gives error
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07/01/2002 22:28:03
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00601634
Message ID:
00601792
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39
>>>
>>>What I do think is the worst error here is that the syntax coloring parser is out of synch with the compiling parser. While typing this code:
>>>
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>>The syntax coloring is awful.
>>
>>My personal dislike is code like this
>>
>>
>>*SELECT MyField ;
>>   FROM MyTable ;
>>   WHERE MyField = 10
>>
>>
>>The compiler correctly sees the ; at the end of the lines and turns it all into comments.
>>The colorer however only turns the first line green. Meaning you can not always rely on the color of the text when scanning through it.
>
>When I comment such a line, I put comment at each line. The main reason I do it is for syntax coloring and better readability.

I do too :)

It just annoys me that I then have to remove each * to get the whole thing back.
If it would all just go green, then I would not need to comment each line.
My eyes read color a lot better then indentation and comment marks.
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