On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 02:18:24PM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: : Having a shortcut for <?null> seems like a very good idea; it : certainly makes things a lot simpler for the optimizer. However, : a reminder that A05 says that angles can be used as a bracketing : construct as in C<< \x<0a> >>, so we have the situation that : : \d065 = ASCII "A" : \d<065> = ASCII "A" : \d<>065 = A digit, a null, and the digits "065"
A05 is probably wrong there. I think we've settled on [] for the standard extension brackets. : But for the :w issue, we can always solve it with the colon: : : \d:065 = A digit (cut) followed by "065" That doesn't extend to \d:woot, of course... : Even with all that, I'm still not sure how I feel about \d065. Yes, you are. :-) Larry
