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From:
Francis Grizzly Smit
Date:
November 29, 2022 09:14
Subject:
Re: What is this "\t"?
Message ID:
636eabe6-1bdb-2ac0-5fa5-3f7c02548207@smit.id.au
On 29/11/22 13:21, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
> On 11/28/22 17:40, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> Sigilless variable
>> https://docs.raku.org/language/glossary#Sigilless_variable
>>
>> Sigilless variables are actually aliases to the
>> value it is assigned to them, since they are
>> not containers. Once you assign a sigilless
>> variable (using the escape \), its value cannot
>> be changed.
>
>
> Not to beat a dead horse, but when does that stop me!
>
> "\" escape to a beginner means to escape the
> following character
>
> > say "\$x"
> $x
>
> > print '\\abc\:\:' ~ "\n"
> \abc\:\:
>
> So without a proper sigil explanation for
> beginners, "using the escape \" means nothing.
>
Personally I never use \name are I hate how it looks, and so far I have
never needed it, so unless I can find something it can do that I cannot
do any other way, I'll keep on not using it
>
>
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