On 7/1/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+In particular, these forms disable the lookahead for an adverbial argument, +so while + + q:n($foo) + +will misinterpret C<$foo> as the C<:n> argument, + + qn(stuff) + +has the advantage of misinterpreting it as the argument to the C<qn()> +function instead. C<:)> + +But parens are special that way. Other bracketing characters are special +only if they can be mistaken for adverbial arguments, so + + qn[stuff] + +is fine, while + + q:n[stuff] + +is not. Basically, just don't use parens for quote delimiters, and always +put a space after your adverbs.
Why q:n[stuff] is not fine? Shouldn't that pass [stuff] to adverb n? Also, in what way are parens special? Doesn't qn(stuff) and qn[stuff] both mean same thing? And both q:n(stuff) and q:n[stuff] pass something to adverb n. (First passes stuff, second passes [stuff]) -- Markus Laire
