On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 04:36:02PM +0900, Alex Shinn wrote:
> Peter Bex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Could you give an example in which you need this?
>
> As a wild guess, regular expressions? The syntax of regexps
> is really horrible for any language which represents them as
> plain strings.
>
> On the other hand something like Gauche's #/.../ or Ruby's
> #rx{...} for a regular expression literal would be even more
> convenient, and potentially allow for the trailing imsx
> modifiers.We do have the regex-literals egg... Do you propose adding that to core Chicken? Cheers, Peter -- http://sjamaan.ath.cx -- "The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music." -- Donald Knuth
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