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Re: -X's auto-(un)quoting?

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From:
Brano Tichý
Date:
April 23, 2005 11:46
Subject:
Re: -X's auto-(un)quoting?
Message ID:
003501c54834$ae6e2340$4f4d1cc3@MATRIX
> Personally I'd never use 3 levels or above.  <..say> or <.say> is it.
> Beyond that, I would start naming the topics.  Also, I would only use
> <..say> on quick and dirty code probably.
>
> But why are we so keen on finding a way to save a few characters isntead
> of just naming the topic which leads to more readble code?  If it's not
> self-descriptive, I think it does more harm than good.
>

then how about alias $OUTER::_ with $__ as a special exception?
it looks familiar (maybe too much), but as it would be used in quick and
dirty code,
there wouldn't be that much $_ to confuse it with.

or is $__ already taken?

brano tichy
tichy@dss.sk
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