On Tue, Dec 6, 2016, at 20:03, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > I also have an alternate idea: sl{word1 word2 'string 3' "string 4"}
>
> Why "sl"?
Well, shlex was one of the inspirations.
> That looks like a set or a dict. Its bad enough that w-strings return a
> list, but to have "sl-sets" return a list is just weird :-)
My idea was to have word{...} as a grand unifying solution for "we want
a new kind of literal but can't think of a syntax for it that doesn't
either look like grit on the screen or already means something", with
this as one of the first examples. I think it's better than using
word"..." for things that aren't strings.
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