On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 06:38:22PM +0000, Patrick Schluter via Digitalmars-d wrote: [...]
> When I programmed AutoLISP extension in AutoCAD I would use parentheses in the exact same way as I use { } in C. So not at the end of a line but vertically at the level of indentation;
> 
>     (defun xy
>       (car
>          (cdr
>             (cons a b)
>          )
>       )
>     )
> 
> This made it much better to handle.

That's also my personal preference. Unfortunately, such practice is frowned upon by some Scheme communities.  Why, is absolutely beyond me. :-D


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On 05.02.2018 16:27, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> 
> Apparently it's a prevailing style for Lisp and Lisp dialects like
> Scheme.  Random example (this is in Guile, a Scheme dialect, quoted from
> open source code):
> 
> 	(define (match-predicate obj alist)
> 	  (if (null? alist)
> 	      "Unknown type"
> 	      (if (apply (caar alist) obj)
> 		  (cdar alist)
> 		  (match-predicate obj (cdr alist)))))
> 
> The only way I can keep my sanity while editing this sort of code is
> vim's jump-to-match feature.

I additionally use: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/RainbowDelimiters