Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity not a problem

2001-05-04 Thread Larry Wall
David L. Nicol writes: : Not a problem. \Q means quotemeta, except immediately following : a interpolated identifier. You want to start metaquoting immediately : after a curious interpolation? use \Q\Q. The word "except" should be a red flag that you're trying to define an exception. We're try

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity not a problem

2001-05-04 Thread David L. Nicol
Not a problem. \Q means quotemeta, except immediately following a interpolated identifier. You want to start metaquoting immediately after a curious interpolation? use \Q\Q. I have been regularly, since I fingured out how, doing things like print "the time is now ${\(~~localtime)}[