Merge pull request #12846 from allrealmsoflife/clearer-continuation-prompt

Mic92 · web-flow · commit c0912a12bf7b · 2025-04-03T09:52:16.000+02:00
repl: improve continuation prompt for incomplete expressions
diff --git a/src/libcmd/repl-interacter.cc b/src/libcmd/repl-interacter.cc
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static constexpr const char * promptForType(ReplPromptType promptType)
     case ReplPromptType::ReplPrompt:
         return "nix-repl> ";
     case ReplPromptType::ContinuationPrompt:
-        return "          ";
+        return "        > "; // 9 spaces + >
     }
     assert(false);
 }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static constexpr const char * promptForType(ReplPromptType promptType)`
`135`	`135`	`case ReplPromptType::ReplPrompt:`
`136`	`136`	`return "nix-repl> ";`
`137`	`137`	`case ReplPromptType::ContinuationPrompt:`
`138`		`- return " ";`
	`138`	`+ return " > "; // 9 spaces + >`
`139`	`139`	`}`
`140`	`140`	`assert(false);`
`141`	`141`	`}`