[Scilab-users] Weird things with the continuation dots

[Samuel Gougeon]

Hello Christophe,

Le 09/11/2017 à 09:31, Dang Ngoc Chan, Christophe a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> When I used a script written for 5.4 with 6.0,
>
> I noticed some weird things with the continuation mark "..".
> E.g. in 5.4,
>
> "abc...
> def"
>
> was OK, it now gives an error ; I have to fix it with
> "abc"+...
> "def"
Indeed, it was not a documented CHANGE in the 6.0.0 release. This 
official change has been added in CHANGES for 6.0.1.


> Additionally, there should be a space after a * or a / ; *this is not documented*.
>
> This is quite logical as "/." is a different operator.
> But "*." Is not an operator.
> Only "-." Is documented.

"*." is documented as well:

--> uman * dl
===========================================================================================================

Scilab > Scilab keywords > star
...............................

star - (*) multiplication operator

Description
-----------
  .../...
  A*.B is an operator with no predefined meaning. It may be used to define
  a new operator (see overloading) with the same precedence as * or /.

But i somewhat agree with you: the parser should behave in the same way 
for all dotted
operators. So a report could indeed be filled in, about "*." and ".."

Best regards
Samuel

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