> On 8 Aug., 19:34, Ron wrote:
> > Author: larry
> > Date: Fri Aug 8 10:34:49 2008
> > New Revision: 14574
> >
> > Modified:
> > doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
> >
> > Log:
> > allow isolated ' and - in identifiers (only if followed by alpha)
>
> While I understand why - in identifiers is The Right Thing (tm), I
> fail to come up with better examples for the use of ' in identifiers
> as $larry's-change.
> Is that the intended use of ' in identifiers.
Some other fairly-commonly-occurring possibilities are:
$Tohono-O'odham # Native American Indian words.
$don't-reset # Contractions.
@int'l-shipping-options # Abbreviations ("international").
....$Tim-O'Reilly # :-)
Some other common uses of isolated 's (notably including other
languages) may be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraction_(grammar)
Best regards,
Conrad Schneiker
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