On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 08:20:42PM +0100, Richard Proctor wrote:
> I think what is needed is something along the line of :
> 
>        $re = qz{ '(' \$re ')'
>                 | \$re \$re
>                 | [^()]+
>                };
>                
> Where qz is some hypothetical new quoting syntax

How about qy() for Quote Yacc  :-)  This stuff is starting to look
more and more like we're trying to fold lex and yacc into perl.  We
already have lex through (?{code}) in REs, but we have to hand-write
our own yacc-a-likes.

-Scott
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