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On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 09:58:16PM -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
> : And if we want to talk about the >> operator?
>
> I think C<< >> >> should work just fine. You just have to make
> sure that the final space is distinct from the first space. In the
> rare cases where you want to have something else before it, you can
> say C<< foo Z<>>> >>, or use the tried and true >.
What if we also allowed C<<< ... >>>? We could make the rule that
you could use as many '<' as you want, and if you use more than 1,
you have to have the whitespace at the beginning and end.
So theoretically, in addition to the usual /[A-Z]</ we could
also look for /[A-Z]<{2,}\s+/ and they always have to use the
same number of closing angle brackets as opening angle brackets.
Thats the theory. In practice, maybe its sufficient to simply
allow << ... >> and <<< ... >>>. Then you can use tripled
brackets if you want to talk about right-shift, and if you want
to talk about right-justified-formats, perhaps you should stick
to verbatim text ;-)
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Brad Appleton <bradapp@enteract.com> http://www.enteract.com/~bradapp/
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