On 8/31/06, Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I anticipate typos galore from the near-collision of names between "subst" and "substr"; perhaps "replace" would be a better name, even though it breaks the mnemonic association with s///?
Perhaps the long name "substitute" would work? While it does loose the brevity of subst, it's very clear about what it does and has the mnemonic association with s///. Sage