On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 05:56:36AM -0000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
> $foo = 'def';
> $bar = 'ghi';
> $x = "abc$foo$bar";
> $y = 'abc$foo$bar';
>
> There is no way to turn obtain the value of $x from the value of $y.
> In other words, while $foo and $bar were interpolated into $x, they
> were not interpolated into $y. It would be nice to get Success! from:
>
> $z = interpolate ( $y );
> print 'Success!" if $z eq $x;
sub interpolate {eval "\"@_\""}
Never say "there is no way". There's *always* a way, and 99% of the time it
doesn't need to go in core.
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"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
-- Will Rogers
