> There are a few special cases for delimeters; specifically :, ( and #.
> : is not allowed because it might be used by custom-defined quoting
> operators to apply a attribute. ( is not allowed because it is used to
> pass arguments to attributes.
But if there is no attribute, then qw(this is not ambiguous), so why
disallow it?
> =head3 Embedding Interpolated Strings
>
> It is also possible to embed an interpolating string within a non-
> interpolating string by the use of the \qq[] construct. A string
> inside a \qq[] constructs acts exactly as if it were an interpolated
> string. Note that any end-brackets, "]", must be escaped within the
> the \qq[] construct so that the parser can read it correctly.
They only need to be escaped if they are not balanced.
perl5 -le 'print q{ q{ q{} } }'
does just what you expect it to do, and I don't think perl6 will be less
dwimmish.
> =item Default Object Stringification C<"$obj">
> # Behavior not defined
It should be defined as "whatever $obj.as_string returns".
> Also note that with single quoted here-docs, backslashes are not
> special, and are taken for a literal backslash, a behaivor that is
> different from normal single-quoted strings. However, \qq[] will
> still work.
That's self-contractidictory: "backslashes are not special" and
"\qq[] is special"
Isn't there any way to say "none of the following characters are special
until I say so" left in perl6?
~ John Williams
