A closing parenthesis as an option of continuation section

[kanat]

Since v1.1.01 a closing parenthesis may turn continuation section into an expression. Help file says, in order to do that, a closing parenthesis should appear in the line of options of the continuation section.
But I could not do that. If anybody used this feature, please leave your examples here.

[joedf]

do you have a link to that?

[kanat]

Very simple code:
Msgbox,
(
This
is
continuation
section
)
How to turn all the continuation section into expression by including closing ) in options line ?

[trismarck]

Continuation section is sort of like a preprocessor - it adjusts the code _before_ a given line is recognized as a command / an expression.

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Msgbox, % b := "
(
This
is
continuation
section
)"

[kanat]

Thanks for advice above, that is known for me, and information about preprocessing. But I asked for using a closing parethesis on options line of continuation section. It is a feature defined in the help document. As I understand, it should interprete a content inside a pair of parentheses as an expression.

[geek]

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MsgBox, test
(x := 3)
Msgbox, %x%

[kanat]

The code

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MsgBox, test
(x := 3)
Msgbox, %x%

works as well as this one (without parentheses)

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MsgBox, test
x := 3
Msgbox, %x%

I assume, possibly the option of a closing ")" does not work at all.

[geek]

It was a demonstration of the use of it, not an explanation why you might want to use it.

Here's a demonstration where it might actually be useful:

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; Some code
(x > 3+4) ? CallFunc1() : CallFunc2()
; some more code

[just me]

Never noticed it and had to read the docs more than once:

) [v1.1.01+]: If a closing parenthesis appears in the continuation section's options (except as a parameter of the Join option), the line is reinterpreted as an expression instead of the beginning of a continuation section. This allows expressions like (x.y)[z]() to work without the need to escape the opening parenthesis.

It's not an option of a continuation section, though mentioned there.

[kanat]

The code (x > 3+4) ? CallFunc1() : CallFunc2() works just like that x > 3+4 ? CallFunc1() : CallFunc2(). In this case parentheses enclosing the expression x > 3+4 are dispensable.
Anyway, I think, for more clarity in the help document, there would be better to appropiate the definition of a closing parenthesis on the subject of continuation section in “remarks” clause rather than in its options list.

[trismarck]

I guess this could be another example:

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chicken := "aaaaaa" and 111 = "0x111"
;(chicken := "aaaaaa") and 111 = "0x111"
msgbox % chicken

[kanat]

That's a good example. It lets see an effect of applying parentheses in expression.
mAny tHanKs !