On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 10:30:20AM -0800, Larry Wall wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 09:46:59AM -0800, Dave Whipp wrote: > : Larry Wall wrote: > : > : >And there aren't that many regexish languages anyway. So I think :syntax > : >is relatively useless except for documentation, and in practice people > : >will almost always omit it, which makes it even less useful, and pretty > : >nearly kicks it over into the category of multiplied entities for me. > : > : Its surprising how many are out there. > > We can certainly add a :syntax() modifier as easily as a :foolang modifier, > if we decide at some point we really need one, or if PGE could make good > use of it even if Perl 6 doesn't want it.
I'm agreeing with Larry on this one -- let's wait to decide this until we actually feel like we need it. Pm
