Re: Fun with RegExps

2003-02-17 Thread Michael R. Wolf
Andrew Savige [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] After eating sushi with chopsticks, then cleaning my teeth with toothpicks, I thought of this for some reason: y|||c6||y|||c14||!y|a-z!y|A-Z!y|0-9y|-_a-zA-Z0-9||c|| printok; FunChow||ChowFun; -- Michael R. Wolf All mammals

RE: Naming the @{[]} operator

2006-07-07 Thread Michael R. Wolf
It also cradles something ugly/cute (err, I mean fragile). Think of it as a bird's eye view Paren's head- @{[]} - Rubber baby buggy bumper ^- Baby

RE: Naming the @{[]} operator

2006-07-08 Thread Michael R. Wolf
%26start%3D160%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26h l%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN Or the at-square-paren-paren-square operator! :-) Na! -- Michael R. Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] **NOTE** new, shorter spelling of obsolescent MichaelRunningWolf-at-att.net -Original Message- From: Jerrad

RE: Naming the @{[]} operator

2006-07-08 Thread Michael R. Wolf
What's the difference between @{[]} and () ? Other than obfuscatory purposes? The former interpolates the list into qq{} (i.e. double quotes), the later doesn't. -- Michael R. Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] **NOTE** new, shorter spelling of obsolescent MichaelRunningWolf-at-att.net

RE: Naming the @{[]} operator

2006-07-08 Thread Michael R. Wolf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is really a form of parenthesis. So call it the fat brackets. Or, to add a bit of consonance: at-fat-brack or, even [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ckets or, shortened to @-brackets But that could get confused with the more common (and more useful) @{...} -- Michael R

[[spoiler]] RE: Error puzzler

2006-09-14 Thread Michael R. Wolf
i haven't run it but i already see conflicts with nested $_. It's not obvious that the $_ nesting is a problem. The point should be moot because the Cwhile loop *should* localize $_. It doesn't. Well, it does, but there's a loophole. Quoting pg 18 of the 3rd Edition Camel (emphasis added):

Re: Secret operators: the documentation

2012-04-06 Thread Michael R . Wolf
Keep the old name if you wish, but add one that's more psychologically healthy, too!!! (P.S. Thanks for the warning. That's just plain *responsible* behavior to the community!!! One image could ruin someone's whole view of Perl.) Michael -- Michael R. Wolf All mammals learn by playing