On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 10:17:33AM +0000, Richard Proctor wrote: : On Wed 16 Mar, Rod Adams wrote: : > I vote for axing C<quotemeta> in favor of C<q:meta//> and C<q:m//>. : > : : Given A05 states that bare scalars match literally, quotemeta is (almost?) : obsolete. It can certainly be downgraded.
Except that q:meta would be an upgrade in terms of specialness, and besides, it's inside out from what you want, which is to quote a particular argument to a string interpolation, not the entire interpolation. It just wants to be a miscellaneous function hidden in the bowels of the core somewhere. Larry
