Mold

We now try to remove spaces that would sometimes appear before a newline. In the example below, there are no spaces following the c and the f before the newline.

[
    abc
    def
]

Also, for /all keep in mind that just like in R2:

mold/all none => #[none]
mold/all true => #[true]
mold/all false => #[false]

These are common shortcut cases. We make them easier because for these specific cases, programmers may actually type them into their code.

Question about MOLD/only

Should mold/only on objects remove the MAKE object! part of the mold and also the brackets?

Long Term Solution

MOLD can potentially have quite a few other refinements. For example, the precision of decimal values or use of , not . for decimals. Rather than make each of these a refinement, it is more likely that we will allow an object to specify the variations.

mold/options block [decimal-precision: 10]

MOLD/all

There are a few changes to mold/all:

First, we do not think that these datatypes should require mold/all special #[datatype]format, because nothing is gained. (Tell Carl if you think there is a missed case for any of them.)

• integer
• decimal
• percent
• money
• char
• pair
• tuple
• time
• date
• word
• set-word
• get-word
• lit-word
• refinement
• port

These datatypes are still pending implementation for MOLD/all:

• gob
• event
• vector
• unicode
• struct
• routine
• task

(And, there are likely a few more.)