Richard Proctor wrote:
>
> This leads back to my original "remove all whitespace". Somehow there is a
> compromise to extracted from this.
Have we explored using a subset of regex for end-markers?
$long_string_possibly_indented_later = <<\w*##ENDEND##\w*;
.
On 27 Aug 2000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
> With a here doc print <
On Mon 28 Aug, Bart Lateur wrote:
> On 27 Aug 2000 19:23:51 -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
>
> >It only removes whitespace,
> >and it measures whitespace with tabs=8.
>
> My editor is set to tabs=4. Perl's interpretation wouldn't agree with
> the visual appearance in my editor. This doesn't s
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 09:11:39 -0400, David Corbin wrote:
>Why not make the details of this controlled by a pragma?
TMFP
Too Many Pragma's.
We're trying to write ONE language here, not 150. Depending on what
pragmas you're used to, you can no longer read, er, understand, other
people's c
>On 27 Aug 2000 19:23:51 -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
>>It only removes whitespace,
>>and it measures whitespace with tabs=8.
>My editor is set to tabs=4.
So don't do that. :set sw=4 ts=8. I am confident that were Dante
were writing now, he'd reserve a special pit of Hell for those who
Bart Lateur wrote:
>
> On 27 Aug 2000 19:23:51 -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
>
> >It only removes whitespace,
> >and it measures whitespace with tabs=8.
>
> My editor is set to tabs=4. Perl's interpretation wouldn't agree with
> the visual appearance in my editor. This doesn't sound like a
On 27 Aug 2000 19:23:51 -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
>It only removes whitespace,
>and it measures whitespace with tabs=8.
My editor is set to tabs=4. Perl's interpretation wouldn't agree with
the visual appearance in my editor. This doesn't sound like a neat
solution.
Why not disallow mer
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Maintainer: Richard Proctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 27 Aug 2000
Version: 1
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Number: 162
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