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Re: S6: Change in if syntax?

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Paul
Date:
April 23, 2003 06:41
Subject:
Re: S6: Change in if syntax?
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20030423134109.35153.qmail@web41210.mail.yahoo.com

--- Larry Wall <larry@wall.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 10:28:45AM +1000, Damian Conway wrote:
> : Brent Dax asked:
> : >Which of the following (if any) is valid?
> : >
> : >	$foo.{bar}
> : >	$foo .{bar}
> : >	$foo. {bar}
> : 
> : The first certainly is and in fact, since there's no ambiguity, I
> : believe all three are.
> 
> I think the third should be illegal (until someone defines themselves
> a postfix:. operator).
> Larry

Just for clarity's sake, the first and second still mean differing
things, right?  Isn't this a case where the whitespace is significant?

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