Re: [rules-dev] Long DSL lines

On 04/12/2010 20:49, Michael Anstis wrote: None here. Longer term, I wonder whether our DSL syntax is too weak? Even the ability to declare blocks would be nicer than long lines (and line split markers):- I'd rather see us progress go a constraint and data driven templating system. I'll discuss it more with you when we meet up. The DSLs are just sentence templates and we needmore than that.

Mark then [Book the customer for the flight] { $f.setAvailable( $f.getAvailable() - 1 ); update( $f ); Booking booking = new Booking(); booking.setCustomer( $r.getCustomer() ); booking.setFlight( $f ); insert( booking ); } On 4 December 2010 18:33, Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.laun(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Currently each entry must be a single line of text. This results in long > lines, especially on the RHS. > > I have experimentally inserted a transformation of the DSL text (in > DSLTokenizedMappingFile) > which converts '\'+EOL on the fly to a space. (The passed-in reader is > read into a buffer, '\'+EOL > is translated to space, and EOLs are inserted later to readjust the line > number.) In a text editor, > I can now write, e.g., > > then][][Bb]ook the customer for the flight=\ > $f.setAvailable( $f.getAvailable() - 1 );\ > update( $f ); \ > Booking booking = new Booking(); \ > booking.setCustomer( $r.getCustomer() ); \ > booking.setFlight( $f ); \ > insert( booking ); > > Of course, the DSL editor will not preserve this, but future development > might provide more > convenient editing there, too. > > Any objections? > -W > > _______________________________________________ > rules-dev mailing list > rules-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev > > _______________________________________________ rules-dev mailing listrules-dev@lists.jboss.orghttps://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev _______________________________________________ rules-dev mailing list rules-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev