On 02/15/2012 02:03 AM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 01:46:51AM +0100, Timon Gehr wrote:
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No, q"abca" is illegal. The pattern is
q"identifier
string
identifier"
(The terminating new line is kept, so the string in this case is
"string\n")
I see. The online specs need to be clarified, then.
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So does this mean that you can write:
q"(foo(q"(xxx)"))"
and have it represent the string
foo(q"(xxx)")
?
Yes.
I see.
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q"(a)b)"
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It is illegal because the parens do not match.
OK, I see. Thanks for the clarification.
Makes me wonder, though: what's the purpose of this convoluted
construction? I mean, I can understand why being able to write
q"(z=q"(y)";)" would be useful, but why should it matter that the
parentheses in q"(a(b))" match? What's the purpose of this restriction?
T
q"(()")"
