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On 7/1/06, larry@cvs.perl.org <larry@cvs.perl.org> wrote: > +In particular, these forms disable the lookahead for an adverbial argument, > +so while > + > + q:n($foo) > + > +will misinterpret C<$foo> as the C<:n> argument, > + > + qn(stuff) > + > +has the advantage of misinterpreting it as the argument to the C<qn()> > +function instead. C<:)> > + > +But parens are special that way. Other bracketing characters are special > +only if they can be mistaken for adverbial arguments, so > + > + qn[stuff] > + > +is fine, while > + > + q:n[stuff] > + > +is not. Basically, just don't use parens for quote delimiters, and always > +put a space after your adverbs. Why q:n[stuff] is not fine? Shouldn't that pass [stuff] to adverb n? Also, in what way are parens special? Doesn't qn(stuff) and qn[stuff] both mean same thing? And both q:n(stuff) and q:n[stuff] pass something to adverb n. (First passes stuff, second passes [stuff]) -- Markus LaireThread Previous | Thread Next