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On Fri, 06 Aug 2010, David Golden wrote: > > So that's my proposal: > > * use "U", "L", and either "d" (for "dual"/"dumb") or "t" (for > "text"/"traditional") > * throw a syntax error if more than one of these appears in the list > of modifiers > * leave the run-on deprecation as is and make run-ons a syntax error > in 5.16 to eliminate any future conflict issue > > That's simple and fixes the problem now without messing with features, > making assumptions about parsing ambiguous situations or introducing > wacky dual-letter regex modifiers. > > All those in favor? +1 We could even make /u and /l aliases for /U and /L in 5.16 to return to all lowercase modifiers if we really wanted to (e.g. for aesthetic reasons). But that doesn't have to be decided for quite a while... Cheers, -JanThread Previous | Thread Next