On 5/4/06, John Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why not develop a language syntax that has distinct open and close
string delimiters?

I consider HEREDOC to be the answer to that kind of prayer.  For quick
one-liners I find it overkill, but I felt so freed when I discovered
it for creating large string blocks, like HTML templates with PHP
intermixed.

The only thing I wish HEREDOC could do is evaluate functions within
the string blocks.  But at least it will evaluate object methods, so
if you're a staunch OOPer, you're set. (Yet another reason why I'm a
convert)

All other comments about having to escape alternative delimiters are valid.

-John W

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