Re: What to use for an empty word?
mwoehlke <[email protected]>
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mwoehlke wrote: > mwoehlke wrote: >> I am writing code for a new tag, \li3, that is used to make generic >> lists with the style of \param, \retval, etc. It should take two words >> followed by a paragraph, however the first word should be optional. >> Therefore I want to be able to specify a null 'placeholder'. I am >> thinking about using '-' but thought I would see if there are any >> suggestions. (If there is already something that can be used as an empty >> placeholder, I have not found it.) > > Ah, never mind, I was looking for ','... Ack, scratch that, ',' doesn't work (the lexer skips empty tokens, so I can't detect the ',' or that there was an empty word given). So unless someone has a better idea, I will use '-'. -- Matthew 73% of all statistics are made up on the spot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV