Re: Use of ':' in identifiers

2016-01-06 Thread mt1957
Hi Tobias, $foo:bar and Foo:bar are variable/package names with an colonpair appended. The entire thing is then called a longname, at least internally. Test:ver(v1) makes it clearer what it does. You $abc:def example boils down to $abd:def(True) btw. Thanks for your answer. I now found someth

Re: Use of ':' in identifiers

2016-01-06 Thread Tobias Leich
Hi, $foo:bar and Foo:bar are variable/package names with an colonpair appended. The entire thing is then called a longname, at least internally. Test:ver(v1) makes it clearer what it does. You $abc:def example boils down to $abd:def(True) btw. Am 06.01.2016 um 12:24 schrieb mt1957: L.s. I

Use of ':' in identifiers

2016-01-06 Thread mt1957
L.s. I'am a bit confused about the use of ':' in an identifier. I've read a bit about the ':' twigil but that seems to be used at the front of the id giving it a special use. Under 'identifiers' on the syntax page I couldn't find any about it. So I am referring to things like $abc:def and the