[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14574 - doc/trunk/design/syn

Author: larry Date: Fri Aug 8 10:34:49 2008 New Revision: 14574 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Log: allow isolated ' and - in identifiers (only if followed by alpha) Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod ==

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14574 - doc/trunk/design/syn

On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 10:34:50AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Author: larry : Date: Fri Aug 8 10:34:49 2008 : New Revision: 14574 : : Modified: :doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod : : Log: : allow isolated ' and - in identifiers (only if followed by alpha) Darn the syntax highlighers, full

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14574 - doc/trunk/design/syn

But are 'twas and -x valid identifiers? IMHO, they should not be. -- Jonathan "Dataweaver" Lang

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14574 - doc/trunk/design/syn

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Jon Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But are 'twas and -x valid identifiers? IMHO, they should not be. > no, indeed they are not, because they don't start with underscore or alpha. that's why they won't work. ~jerry

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14574 - doc/trunk/design/syn

* Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-08-08 19:45]: > q'foo is now a valid identifier. Qa tlho', Larry. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis //

RE: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14574 - doc/trunk/design/syn

> On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 10:34:50AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > : allow isolated ' and - in identifiers (only if followed by alpha) > > Darn the syntax highlighers, full speed ahead! :) > > I should point out that this change only caused two failures in the > entire test suite, both of

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14574 - doc/trunk/design/syn

The ' is actually a letter in some writing systems (e.g. Hawai'ian), and contractions are extremely common in French compared to English. $l'etat = "moi". But even in English I'll like being able to spell contractions properly. Hey, maybe we could borrow from Intercal and allow the "commenting o