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demerphq wrote: >Can you please put your objection in plainer terms, I don't know how to make it plainer than it already is. The issue is that syntactically "(*" is used for extensions that are identified by alphanumeric identifier, whereas "(?" is used for extensions that are identified by further punctuation. The proposed use of "(+" would mean that it duplicates the "(*" format, identifying extensions by alphanumeric identifier. This duplication is wasteful; I think we should reserve "(+" for something that actually requires a distinct syntax. >Maybe my intent was not clear, I dont think (+ should be restricted to >script-runs ALONE. That's not the issue. "(+" is clearly not intended to be used for script runs alone, but for an open-ended set of extensions. However, your proposal does involve restricting "(*" to a relatively limited set of uses. >But I do think restricting to (* to things that dont match, and/or >change behavior of matching (which is true so far) and leaving (+ to >new things that do match, is a pretty reasonable distinction. If you want some syntactic cue to that distinction, better to make it through capitalisation of the identifiers, a difference that we actually already have. -zeframThread Previous | Thread Next