Syntax 1: Parentheses --------------------- int func_ret = (do_stuff x y z) []int array = [ 1 2 3 ] Syntax 2: `with` for functions ------------------------------ int func_ret = do_stuff with arg1 = x arg2 = y arg3 = z end []int array = [ 1 2 3 ] # Or, using `with` for even for arrays: []int array = with 1 2 3 end Syntax 3: With line continuations at end ---------------------------------------- Note that the last line shouldn't have any `\` (which is a bit unintuitive) int func_ret = do_stuff \ x \ y \ z # Should line continuations be required in this case? []int array = [ \ 1 \ 2 \ 3 \ ] Syntax 4: With line continuations at start ------------------------------------------ This would require look-ahead in the parser. Also, code editors won't be able to auto-indent :( int func_ret = do_stuff | x | y | z # Should line continuations be required in this case? []int array = [ | 1 | 2 | 3 | ] Syntax 5: Special long-line block --------------------------------- longline int func_ret = do_stuff x y z end # Should a lone-line block be required in this case? longline []int array = [ 1 2 3 ] end Syntax 6: Line-continuation-start and line-continuation-end ----------------------------------------------------------- I find this quite intuitive. But I don't think it's used by any other programming language: int func_ret = do_stuff ... x y z ; []int array = [ ... 1 2 3 ] ;