Run interactively does not allow free format

[edi-meier]

#include "aldor"
#include "aldorio"

main(): () ==
{
    maini(): () ==
    {
        stdout << "Hello, world!" << newline;
    }

    maini();
}

main();

is allowed by -fx/-grun/-ginterp, but not for -gloop.
There you have to write

main(): () == {

which is not necessary for maini()

[pippijn]

See this comment.

[edi-meier]

Well, it happens not only for defining functions also with other "braces-constructs", e. g.

%3 >> for i in 1..4 repeat
      ..................................................^
[L4 C51] #1 (Error) Cannot recover from earlier syntax errors.

%4 >> for i in 1..4 repeat {
...   

In the case above indentation works until the closing-brace:

%1 >> #include "aldor"
                                           Comp: 120 msec, Interp: 20 msec
%2 >> #include "aldorio"
                                           Comp: 30 msec, Interp: 0 msec
%3 >> main(): () ==
{
...     maini(): () ==
...     {
...     stdout << "Hello, world!" << newline;
...     }
...     maini();
...     }
      .............^
[L3 C14] #1 (Error) Syntax error.

%4 >>

[pippijn]

It's the same reason: you would need to indent it properly. I suppose the loop could do that for you if it detects that indentation is required, but then how would you un-indent? Perhaps indentation levels could be controlled with tab/shift-tab. The loop could be nicer.