Re: commas or no commas (was Re: SPARQL 2004-10-12 syntax and grammar issues)

On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 02:05:34PM +0000, Dave Beckett wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 08:19:05 -0500, Kendall Clark <kendall@monkeyfist.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 12:15:07PM +0000, Dave Beckett wrote:
> > > ISSUE: Commas or no commas
> > > I've already seen user confusion when they tried to use ','s inside
> > > WHERE (s, p, o) and omitting them outside with SELECT ?x ?y.  I've
> > > mentioned this many times as likely to happen.  It's hard to remember.
> > 
> > I also find this confusing. I'd prefer commas in both places. iTQL
> > doesn't require commas between the parts of a triple, and I continue
> > to find that v. hard to read.
> 
> I don't care either way.  I just prefer commas required or commas banned.

Strongly agreed.

> i.e. either of:
> 
> a)
> SELECT ?x ?y ?z
> FROM <uri1> <uri2> <uri3>
> WHERE (?x ?y ?z)
> 
> b)
> SELECT ?x, ?y, ?z
> FROM <uri1>, <uri2>, <uri3>
> WHERE (?x, ?y, ?z) (?x, ?a, ?b)
> 
> and not where we are now:
> c)
>   SELECT ?x ?y, ?z ?a, ?b
>   FROM <uri1> <uri2> , <uri3>
>   WHERE (?x ?y ?z) (?x ?a ?b)
> 
> I think a) reads better but it's a weak preference +0, weak against to b) -0 and -1 to c)

Same here.

- Steve

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