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On 24 November 2010 08:57, Zefram <zefram@fysh.org> wrote: > In discussing (on #p5p) possible new operators, we ran into the issue > that the obscure ?PATTERN? syntax gets in the way of most uses we could > potentially make of the question mark. It was proposed that we could > deprecate that syntax to reclaim the question mark. Attached patch > does so. It leaves the match-once semantics still available through > m?PATTERN?. I'd be a bit nostalgic of this venerable piece of sed-like syntax, but I would not object to the deprecation. Can you give an example of future usage of "?" you were thinking about ?Thread Previous | Thread Next