LW = Larry Wall
AT = Autrijus Tang
LW> I think I have to clarify what I mean by that last phrase. Trailing
LW> delimiters are hidden inside any token that has already been started,
LW> but not at the start of a token (where token is taken to be fairly
LW> restrictive).
AT> Consider this:
AT>
AT>
> : But when you start interpolating, you get into a big mess:
> : h<\qq[$interpolated]> = want(); # ???
> : h<<$foo>> = want(); # ???
>
> I think that, as with functions called in unknown context, we should
> just force the RHS here to list context, and rely on the RHS to add
> extra context as
On Saturday 16 April 2005 7:40 pm, Larry Wall wrote:
> : Basically I'm wondering if there's a detailed
> : specification of how <<>> should work.
>
> That's a really good question, and since I don't offhand know the
> right answer, I'll put this up onto the fence so it can topple over
> into p6l-la
Hi all,
I'm back with more quoting construct madness.
First, context of hash slices:
Hash slices with {} notation are trivially either scalars or lists:
$h{'foo'} = want(); # Scalar
$h{'foo','bar'} = want(); # List
With <> notation the same thing happens:
$h = want(); # Scalar
$h = want(); #
On Saturday 16 April 2005 10:10 pm, Larry Wall wrote:
> So
> this is a syntax error (of the runaway "" variety, presumably):
>
> " @foo::bar::baz::fee::fie::foe[ "
I was with you until that. What about
" @foo::bar::baz::fee::fie::foe[ "1" ] "
Isn't that a valid index into the array? Or is that
Hi all.
I'm trying to get quoting interpolation to work, which means I first have to
understand it a little better.
In Perl 5, as far as I can see, the delimiter of quoting constructs (whether
it's "", '' or qq ) is searched for before the string is parsed. This
means that, for example,
"%ha
