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Zefram wrote: > karl williamson wrote: >> Note that there is a behavior change that may be incompatible with >> existing code. > > Does the parsing of "/foo/lt +1" change? > > -zefram > Yes. When this was being discussed last year, and these modifiers were agreed on, no one mentioned adding modifier letters could conflict with existing syntax. But someone thought of it later, as I remember seeing a .t file patch come through to make sure that things like '/foo/and bar' don't ever change in meaning. In looking at this more, I see existing ambiguities in ge and cmp. I suppose those have always been there, and so no code ever got run without uncovering the problem. It appears that 'l' can't be used as it changes the meaning of '/foo/le +1'. And neither can 't' because of 'gt'. 'h' for historical could be used instead of 't' (I can't think of any conflicts with this), but what could be used to mean locale?Thread Previous | Thread Next