>>>>> "NT" == Nathan Torkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
NT> Chaim Frenkel writes:
>> [use wacky Unicode characters for new operators]
>> I can see that this would give problems for current editors and displays,
>> but by the time perl6 comes out, perhaps the situation would be better.
NT> No. Never ever gamble on the future being better than the present.
NT> Don't mandate Unicode-aware editors. Nothing will sink Perl faster.
I'm not mandating it. Since perl6 _will_ be unicode aware, including
the script itself. The author takes it upon himself to use a unicode
aware editor. Other's need not apply.
The other magic variables would simply end up as some funny 8-bit
characters floating around. With one's handy (several thousand page)
translation table one can then interpret the meaning.
At worst, we could run the script through (the horror) a
unicode -> trigraph/quadgraph/multi-graph translator to be able to
read it. And then put it back that way.
Basically, we make them available for the fellows that need the
symbols.
Just a thought,
<chaim>
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