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Re: [ID 19991118.014] Error producing ^\ (chr 28) with "\c\\"

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From:
Ilya Zakharevich
Date:
November 20, 1999 23:56
Subject:
Re: [ID 19991118.014] Error producing ^\ (chr 28) with "\c\\"
Message ID:
199911210756.CAA02439@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu
Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes writes:
> I realise that this behavior is perfectly in accord with perlop/"Gory
> details"/"Finding the end".  That doesn't mean it's not a bug.  It
> just means that if it is a code bug it is also a doc bug.
> 
> IMO, it also contradicts the beginning of perlop/"Gory details":
> >       When presented with something which may have several
> >       different interpretations, Perl uses the principle DWIM
> >       (expanded to Do What I Mean - not what I wrote) to pick up
> >       the most probable interpretation of the source.

This is taken out of context.

> A: "\c\"
> B: "\c\"more string here"
> 
> The question is, is the current incomprehesible behavior of string B
> more important to maintain than following DWIM for "string" A?

Perl uses a very simple rule to find an end of a quoted construct.
All one needs to do is to learn it.

Hope this help,
Ilya
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