On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 01:46:51AM +0100, Timon Gehr wrote: [...] > No, q"abca" is illegal. The pattern is > > q"identifier > string > identifier" > > (The terminating new line is kept, so the string in this case is > "string\n")
I see. The online specs need to be clarified, then. [...] > >So does this mean that you can write: > > > > q"(foo(q"(xxx)"))" > > > >and have it represent the string > > > > foo(q"(xxx)") > > > >? > > Yes. I see. [...] > > q"(a)b)" [...] > It is illegal because the parens do not match. OK, I see. Thanks for the clarification. Makes me wonder, though: what's the purpose of this convoluted construction? I mean, I can understand why being able to write q"(z=q"(y)";)" would be useful, but why should it matter that the parentheses in q"(a(b))" match? What's the purpose of this restriction? T -- Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.