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Tim Bunce writes:
> > >from '#' to '%'. Fortunately, '%' is already occupied, which lead me
> > >to think about '/'. This leads to very readable path-like groups.
>
> > > + unpack 'C/a', "\04Gurusamy"; gives 'Guru'
>
> I'm not so sure:
>
> "C/aC/aC/a"
>
> seems to group the 'a' with the following 'C' - which isn't right.
So do not use it! ;-)
Use "C/a C/a C/a". Isee no difference with the previous "C#aC#aC#a",
btw,
> For regex we use:
>
> .{4}
>
> for repeat counts, perhaps for pack/unpack we could use:
>
> {C}a
When I proposed it a month ago, there were some objections. Do not
remember it now. Btw, then a/a*/a* will become {{a}a}a. More
readable, but possibly harder to parse.
Ilya
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