Re: S02: generalized quotes and adverbs

2006-05-11 Thread Larry Wall
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 08:09:45AM +0100, Daniel Hulme wrote: : > qX ::= "q:x:y:z"; : > : > as a simple, argumentless "word" macro. : But would that DWIM when I come to write : : qX(stuff, specifically not an adverb argument); : : ? Just looking at it, I would expect qX() to call a function

Re: S02: generalized quotes and adverbs

2006-05-10 Thread Daniel Hulme
> qX ::= "q:x:y:z"; > > as a simple, argumentless "word" macro. But would that DWIM when I come to write qX(stuff, specifically not an adverb argument); ? -- "The rules of programming are transitory; only Tao is eternal. Therefore you must contemplate Tao before you receive en

Re: S02: generalized quotes and adverbs

2006-05-09 Thread Larry Wall
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:15:24PM -0700, jerry gay wrote: : according to S02, under 'Literals', generalized quotes may now take : adverbs. in that section is the following comment: : : : [Conjectural: Ordinarily the colon is required on adverbs, but the : "quote" declarator allows you to combine

S02: generalized quotes and adverbs

2006-05-09 Thread jerry gay
according to S02, under 'Literals', generalized quotes may now take adverbs. in that section is the following comment: [Conjectural: Ordinarily the colon is required on adverbs, but the "quote" declarator allows you to combine any of the existing adverbial forms above without an intervening colo