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On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 05:48:25PM -0500, David L. Nicol wrote: > > I don't like it, and here's why: > > > currently single quoted here docs don't interpolate C<\\> or C<\'>. > > > We already have a way to read in arbitrary literals. I _like_ the > fact that C<q> allows backslash to be used to allow including the delimiter. > > It works for any delimiter, too, not just single-quote. As you say, it works for the delimiter(s), not for single-quote. If single quote isn't the delimiter it gets no special treatment $ perl -lwe "print q(Quoted \( \\ \) Not \' \t \z)" Quoted ( \ ) Not \' \t \z I feel this current behaviour is potentially confusing. On the other hand changing what we have is confusing to those who already know it. Nicholas ClarkThread Previous