bug#14399: octave-mode bug

[Stefan Monnier]

>> That's the part I knew already ;-)
>> 
>> But in which way is 
>> 
>> a = [ foo;...
>> bar ]
>> 
>> different from
>> 
>> a = [ foo
>> bar ]
>> or
>> a = [ foo;
>> bar ]

> For these three examples there is no difference because the newlines and
> whitespace the continuation marker gobbles up wouldn't terminate or
> alter the statement.

Thanks.  So it begs the question: why would someone write

 a = [ foo;...
       bar ]

instead of one of the other two?  I'm trying to understand what's the
intention behind it, to better understand how the code should behave.


        Stefan