On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 11:21:57AM -0600, Kevin Tew wrote:
> Patrick R. Michaud via RT wrote:
> >
> >In discussions with Allison at OSCON, I noted that we needed to reconsider
> >the syntax slightly. We don't want TGE to have to know how to parse every
> >language, and it may not be reasonable to expect every compiler to expose
> >a parser. So, if we're going to allow other languages in the transform
> >bodies, we may want a "hereis" or podly {{...}}, {{{...}}} syntax to
> >delimit the transform bodies. At the moment I'm leaning towards the
> >{{...}}
> >form, if only because PGE is already using it.
> >
> >Pm
> >
> >
> How about here doc style?
> This was mentioned on IRC by either Coke or Particle, I had the the same
> idea.
Sorry, "heredoc" is what I meant by "hereis" above. But yes, I'm thinking we'll
allow some form of heredoc.
Actually, {{, {{{, {{{{ may end up simply being shortcuts that say "heredoc
with }}, }}}, }}}}
as the end marker...".
Pm
