Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r9733 - doc/trunk/design/syn

[Markus Laire]

On 7/1/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

+But parens are special that way.  (Even C<q()> is assumed to be a
+function call rather than a quote.)  Other bracketing characters are
+special only if they can be mistaken for adverbial arguments, so

     qn[stuff]

-is fine, while
+is fine, and means
+
+    q:n /stuff/
+
+while

Since quotes can have whitespace before the first/opening delimiter,
but functions can't (according to S03), how is C<q ()> parsed? (Notice
the space before parens).

Would that be parsed as invalid function-call (i.e. syntax error) or
valid quote?

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Markus Laire