On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 09:58:45AM +0100, Hildo Biersma wrote:
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> > =head1 ABSTRACT
> >
> > Remove all interpolation within single quotes and the C operator, to
> > make single quotes 100% shell-like. C<\> rather than C<\\> gives a single
> > backslash; use double quotes or C if you need a sin
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 05:48:25PM -0500, David L. Nicol wrote:
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> I don't like it, and here's why:
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> > currently single quoted here docs don't interpolate C<\\> or C<\'>.
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>
> We already have a way to read in arbitrary literals. I _like_ the
> fact that C allows backslash to be used to a
> =head1 ABSTRACT
>
> Remove all interpolation within single quotes and the C operator, to
> make single quotes 100% shell-like. C<\> rather than C<\\> gives a single
> backslash; use double quotes or C if you need a single quote in your
> string.
Single-quoted strings need to be able to conta
