On 7/1/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+But parens are special that way. (Even C<q()> is assumed to be a
+function call rather than a quote.) Other bracketing characters are
+special only if they can be mistaken for adverbial arguments, so
qn[stuff]
-is fine, while
+is fine, and means
+
+ q:n /stuff/
+
+while
Since quotes can have whitespace before the first/opening delimiter,
but functions can't (according to S03), how is C<q ()> parsed? (Notice
the space before parens).
Would that be parsed as invalid function-call (i.e. syntax error) or
valid quote?
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Markus Laire