On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 05:48:25PM -0500, David L. Nicol wrote:
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> I don't like it, and here's why:
>
> > currently single quoted here docs don't interpolate C<\\> or C<\'>.
>
>
> We already have a way to read in arbitrary literals. I _like_ the
> fact that C<q> allows backslash to be used to allow including the delimiter.
>
> It works for any delimiter, too, not just single-quote.
As you say, it works for the delimiter(s), not for single-quote. If single
quote isn't the delimiter it gets no special treatment
$ perl -lwe "print q(Quoted \( \\ \) Not \' \t \z)"
Quoted ( \ ) Not \' \t \z
I feel this current behaviour is potentially confusing.
On the other hand changing what we have is confusing to those who already
know it.
Nicholas Clark
