Re: RFC 135 (v2) Require explicit m on matches, even with ?? and // as delimiters.

[Bart Lateur]

On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:22:03 +1100 (EST), Damian Conway wrote:

>   > I don't get it. What makes it so hard? If you see a "/" when you're
>   > expecting an operator, or end of statement, then it's division. If you
>   > were expecting an expression, it's a regex. Ain't it?
>
>Yes. And that's what makes it hard. Because somethimes you can be
>expecting *either* of those :-)
>
>Consider the statement:
>
>        wash / my / gimsox;
>
>Division or pattern match?

Ah I see. Well, requiring m// doesn't really help, in the general case.

        foo -2

subtraction or function call with parameter -2?

-- 
        Bart.