Re: Brace style bias?

Miles Sabin wrote:
> 
> I've just been bitten by an interaction between Scala's newline rules 
> and my prefered brace style (BSD/Allman style[1]
> ...
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indent_style
> 

Given a choice, I also use the BSD/Allman style. Here's a concrete proposal
that I believe would make the compiler brace-placement-neutral.


Add "and is not a '{'" to the Scala Language Specification section 1.2, to
give:-

A newline in a Scala source text is treated as the special NewLine
token if the three following criteria are satisfied:
1. The token immediately preceding the newline can terminate a statement.
2. The token immediately following the newline can begin a statement and is
not a '{'.
3. The token appears in a region where multiple statements are allowed.


Add the following example to a tutorial or an FAQ:-

When using braces for scoping, a ';' is needed to terminate the preceding
statement:-

class C
{
    {
        val x = 1
        f(x)
    }

    def f(n: Int) = Console.println(n)

    val x = 2
    f(x);

    {
        val x = 3
        f(x)
    };

    {
        val x = 4
        f(x)
    }
}

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