Re: Defining bar checks in a variable

[David Kastrup]

Mike Solomon <address@hidden> writes:

> Hey all,
>
> Is it possible to do something like this:
>
> <snip>
> bc = { | }
>
> {
>  a a a a a \bc
> }
> </snip>
>
> And have the bar check kick in?

Well, it is actually rather curious that it doesn't, but that's not
related to the variable but rather the enclosing { ... }.

It turns out that
bc = |
will do the trick, while

{
  a a a a a { | }
}

will indeed not.  Huh.

-- 
David Kastrup