[RFC] GNU Algol 68 Coding Guidelines

[chris hermansen]

Hello all,

On Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 11:28 Jose E. Marchesi <jemarch@gnu.org> wrote:

>
> > Hej Jose,  Thanks for putting these guidelines.
> >
> > Lurker, and first time poster here with a question on the phrasing below:
>
> Welcome :)
>
> >> ### Closed clauses
> >>
> >> Algol 68 allows using `(' an `)' instead of `begin' and `end' to
> >> <snip>
> >> contains a few guidelines and recommendations on this regard.
> >>
> >> Do not use parentheses for closed clauses that span in a single line,
> >> regardless of the context.  Having `begin' and `end' symbols in the
> >> same line looks weird and confusing.
> >
> > The above appears to disallow single line closed clauses completely (?).
> >
> > I mean, one cannot use parentheses on single line closed clauses, and
> also
> > when using
> > BEGIN/END one cannot use a single line.
> >
> > Is there a typo, or have I misunderstood something?  Should this be:
> >
> > *USE* parentheses for closed clauses that span a single line      (?)
>
> Yes indeed it was a typo.  I have corrected it.
> Thanks!
>

Nice catch, I missed that and I like the suggestion, for what that's worth.

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