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Shrubbery notation is a set of text-level conventions that build toward a full programming language, such as Rhombus. The notation is line- and indentation-sensitive, and it is intended to partially group input, but leave further parsing to another layer, especially enforestation. The parsed form of a shrubbery imposes grouping to ensure that further parsing is consistent with the shrubbery’s lines and indentation. 1.4 Parentheses, Brackets, Braces, and Quotes 2.1.2 Grouping by Opener–Closer Pairs 2.1.3 Blocking with : and Indentation 2.1.4 Continuing with Indentation and an Operator 2.1.6 Separating Groups with ; and , 2.1.7 Line- and Column-Insensitivity with « and » 5.2 Source Locations and Raw-Text Properties 5.3 Reconstructing Shrubbery Notation

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