> : Does <name: text1 text2> get handled as <name(q<text1 text2>)> or as 
> : <name(q<text1>, q<text2>)>, in which case it's really qw//?
> 
> The former.  It's a single string, which you can parse however you like.
> Though I suppose we could extend the colon to a colon modifier:
> 
>     <name:w text1 text2>
> 
> That's getting a little weird though, considering that in most other cases
> such modifiers are outside the delimiters.  Here's a really weird one:
> 
>     <name:here END>
> 
> I'm more inclined to say that anything beyond a bare string has to use
> function notation.  

I'm inclined to say this from a PGE implementation perspective, at 
least for the short-term.

As for the rest, I agree with Larry.  :-)

Pm

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