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On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 09:12:31AM +0200, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> 7) use a currently unsupported syntax with non-ascii characters that
> has no conflicts:
(I suspect you meant "non-letter" rather than "non-ascii" :) )
> $a =~ m{pattern}msi_Cu_x
>
> $ perl -we'$a =~ m{foo}msi_'
> Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 1, near "m{foo}msi_"
> syntax error at -e line 1, next token ???
> Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
That actually has a certain neatness to it; it's similar to the use of
"--" for GNU-style long options, given as previously all getopt-style
options were -[letter], or -- on its own to indicate the end.
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