Modifiers like :ratchet are lexically scoped, and therefore extend
into any embedded or , I think. These days
if you find yourself saying "surrounding context", you should usually
ask yourself whether you mean "lexical" or "dynamic", and that often
indicates the direction I'll be leaning on under
On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 05:45:40PM -0400, Austin Hastings wrote:
> [...]
> Specifically, is
> token { ... }
> going to match the same pattern as
> rule { ... }
> ??
>
> I ask because (I just did it, and) with rules encouraging the liberal
> use of whitespace, and implicitly generating <
S05 mentions the magic pattern in two locations, but I cannot
find a specification of the interaction between and the
ratcheting {rule/token} status.
Specifically, is
token {
...
}
going to match the same pattern as
rule {
...
}
??
I ask because (I just did it, and) with rules enco
