st: indents in smcl output

[David Airey <david.airey@vanderbilt.edu>]

I was wondering if anyone else was bothered by smcl formating when your 
.do code has blank lines inserted inside a loop?

For instance, here is a snippet of code:

---
levels region, local(levels)
foreach l of local levels {
	preserve
	keep if region == "`l'"
	
	quietly table `A' `B'
	local N = r(N)
	
	egen tag = tag(`A')
	egen sum = sum(tag)
	local p = sum[1]
	drop sum tag
---

and here is the output:

---
. levels region, local(levels)
`"a"' `"b"' `"f"' `"h"' `"l"' `"n"' `"s"' `"v"'

. foreach l of local levels {
  2.         preserve
  3.         keep if region == "`l'"
  4.
.         quietly table `A' `B'
  5.         local N = r(N)
  6.
.         egen tag = tag(`A')
  7.         egen sum = sum(tag)
  8.         local p = sum[1]
  9.         drop sum tag
---

I don't like how the blank lines are numbered and the next line is 
given the "." To me, this seems better:

---
. foreach l of local levels {
   2.         preserve
   3.         keep if region == "`l'"
.
   4.         quietly table `A' `B'
   5.         local N = r(N)
.
   6.         egen tag = tag(`A')
   7.         egen sum = sum(tag)
   8.         local p = sum[1]
   9.         drop sum tag
---

Why is the way it is preferred?

-Dave

*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/