Handling of final delimter (was Re: "this me"?)

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Thu Aug 8 15:34:24 EDT 2013


On 8/8/13 12:45 PM, Ben Rubinstein wrote:

> I think the return (or equally the comma when dealing with items)
> doesn't "belong" to the line that it terminates (as I tend to think of
> it) - or indeed to the line that follows it (as perhaps you do); it is,
> indeed just a delimiter.

My mental model is different. I do think of the delimiter as "belonging" 
to the item it delimits. A return character belongs to the line it 
follows. A comma belongs to the item it follows. There is no requirement 
that a final delimiter be present, but if it is, it doesn't change the 
count.

When you think of it that way, it all falls into place.

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