Re: quotemeta

2005-03-16 Thread Richard Proctor
On Wed 16 Mar, Rod Adams wrote: I vote for axing Cquotemeta in favor of Cq:meta// and Cq:m//. Given A05 states that bare scalars match literally, quotemeta is (almost?) obsolete. It can certainly be downgraded. Richard -- Personal [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.waveney.org

Re: quotemeta

2005-03-16 Thread Larry Wall
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 10:17:33AM +, Richard Proctor wrote: : On Wed 16 Mar, Rod Adams wrote: : I vote for axing Cquotemeta in favor of Cq:meta// and Cq:m//. : : : Given A05 states that bare scalars match literally, quotemeta is (almost?) : obsolete. It can certainly be downgraded.

Re: quotemeta

2005-03-16 Thread Juerd
Larry Wall skribis 2005-03-16 9:41 (-0800): Except that q:meta would be an upgrade in terms of specialness, and besides, it's inside out from what you want, which is to quote a particular argument to a string interpolation, not the entire interpolation. It just wants to be a miscellaneous

Re: quotemeta

2005-03-16 Thread Larry Wall
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 10:46:29PM +0100, Juerd wrote: : Larry Wall skribis 2005-03-16 9:41 (-0800): : Except that q:meta would be an upgrade in terms of specialness, : and besides, it's inside out from what you want, which is to quote : a particular argument to a string interpolation, not the