Yeah, that's a good point...
On Jul 8, 2007, at 1:48 AM, Tim Roberts wrote: > i3dmaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Then you can use other chars as the delimiter, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@b@ or >> r!a!b!, >> etc... The import thing is so long as the interpreter doesn't get >> confused on the data and the delimiter. > > That limits the number of valid delimiters to a relatively small > set. You > couldn't use any valid operator: > > x = r*a*b > > Is that a one character raw string appended to a string called "b", > or is > that to multiplications? > >> sed also allows for >> arbitrary delimiters too as long as you maintain the integrity of the >> original meaning... > > sed can do that because its commands are one character long. Whatever > follows an "s" must a delimiter because it can't be anything else. > -- > Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
