A. Pagaltzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 10/19/06 at 7:44 PM:
> > ~ function db_like($first, $pattern) {
> > ~ $pattern = preg_quote($pattern);
> > ~ $pattern = preg_replace('/(?<!\\)_/', '.', $pattern);
> > ~ $pattern = preg_replace('/(?<!\\)%/', '.*?', $pattern);
> > ~ return preg_match('{^'.$pattern.'$}', $first);
> > ~ }
>
> I find those æsthetically highly offensive.
Yeah, tildas don't feel right. Was just for example, really.
> I would suggest pipes, which I’ve seen used in the wild, although
> I guess those might clash with a potential future table markup.
I'm too lazy to look back in the thread to see if I've suggested
this before, but colons might work. I think pipes are almost
certainly going to be used for tables, so count them out (although
I agree they'd feel good for code blocks, too).
> Other options with some precedent include hash marks and percent
> signs; both are markers for single-line comments in some
> languages, so code blocks prefixed with them is not an uncommon
> sight. Of those I’d favour the percent sign, because while it has
> much less precedent, the hash mark looks very heavy.
And hashes are already used for headers.
-J.G.
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