> [...] I tend to agree with the bottom line that that's just more
> complication than is justified. I sympathize with Robert's dislike for
> backslash continuations; but doing it the other way would be a huge
> amount of up-front work and a nontrivial amount of continuing
> maintenance, for which we would not get thanks from users but rather
> bitching about how we broke their scripts. Seems like a lose-lose
> situation.
I agree. It is a small matter that does not justify a large patch, a
greater maintenance burden and breaking compatibility.
I've posted a small patch for backslash-continuations as a new thread.
--
Fabien.