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On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 05:31:34PM +0300, Markus Laire wrote: : On 7/1/06, larry@cvs.perl.org <larry@cvs.perl.org> wrote: : >+But parens are special that way. (Even C<q()> is assumed to be a : >+function call rather than a quote.) Other bracketing characters are : >+special only if they can be mistaken for adverbial arguments, so : > : > qn[stuff] : > : >-is fine, while : >+is fine, and means : >+ : >+ q:n /stuff/ : >+ : >+while : : Since quotes can have whitespace before the first/opening delimiter, : but functions can't (according to S03), how is C<q ()> parsed? (Notice : the space before parens). : : Would that be parsed as invalid function-call (i.e. syntax error) or : valid quote? It's a valid quote. LarryThread Previous