Damian Conway wrote:
> Correct. Although presumably this:
>
> my @d = @x »but« Foo;
Damian, somewhere in the conversation on hyper-ops you switched over from this syntax:
my @sum = @a «+» @b;
to this syntax:
my @sum = @a »+« @b;
(Since those two statements use non-ASCII characters, let's just say that on my screen
those two statements look a lot like:
my @sum = @a <<+>> @b;
and
my @sum = @a >>+<< @b;
respectively, but the doubled angle brackets are single characters [guillemets].)
I saw one post from someone who said that the French use the outward-pointing
convention for quoting, and the Germans use the inward-pointing convention. I never
saw anything else along these lines, but you've used the outward-pointing convention
since then.
I like the outward-pointing convention better (why *else* would I be whinging? :-)
because parentheses and brackets are both used with the outward-pointing convention.
Would you care to share your thoughts on why you've gone with inward-pointing
guillemets?
And, please, let's spawn no threads talking about how parentheses in font Foo on
platform Bar look like they point outwards. Ulk.
=thom
