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From:
Smylers
Date:
June 7, 2006 02:49
Subject:
Re: Perl5 -> Perl 6 Translations Design Document
Message ID:
20060607094828.GB31324@stripey.com
Sage La Torra writes:

> "interpolative context" ment the perl 5 side, where the double quotes
> should cause interpolation.

Yes, but not for entire hashes; the percent character isn't special in
Perl 5 double-quoted strings, as Aaron said:

> On 6/6/06, Aaron Crane <perl@aaroncrane.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Sage La Torra writes:
> > 
> > > http://infohost.nmt.edu/~slatorra/conversionstageone.txt
> > 
> > You say this:
> > 
> >   -Hash in interprative context: "%hash" -> "%hash{}" (also @{[...]} ->
> >    {...})
> > 
> > Hashes don't interpolate in Perl 5, so that's not an issue

And Sage, please (in general) don't top-post on this mailing list; it
makes it much harder for people who wish to follow up on what was said
earlier in the thread to provide context for exactly what they're
commenting on.

Smylers

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