> Hang on...  \I \E amounts to the same number of characters as using
   > '. .'  (that is, terminating this q-string, concat the thing, start
   > a new q-string)  

You can't do that in a <<'HERE' doc.

   > For arrays, yes, the proposed \I \E would still be useful.  Maybe the
   > \I should just scan for the following scalar/array var name and
   > automatically turn itself off again.

No thanks. Suppose I want:

        '$x = $a;
         $y = func(\I$arg1, $arg2, $arg3\E);
         #etc.
        '

Unless it scans ahead and if it fails to find a \E,
then it turns itself off after the first interpolation >:-)

Damian

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