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On 17/12/06, A. Pagaltzis <pagaltzis@xxx.xx> wrote: > Secondly, quotes are so frequently part of a pattern that using > them as delimiters for patterns is even worse than using forward > slashes; backslashes galore. s{foo"/"/"/}{foo}; or perhaps s(foo"/"/"/)(foo); Paired delimiters are my friends and help make regexes slightly less hateful. On the other hand, the ability to use almost anything at all as a delimiter is truly hateful. I have of late had to correct some legacy code that used ~ as a delimiter. s~foo"/"/"/~foo~ Why, oh why? And worse yet, " " (a space) is also valid. Making this possible: http://beta.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.fwp/2006/09/msg3947.html Sigh. -- Earle Martin http://downlode.org/ http://purl.org/net/earlemartin/There's stuff above here
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