xTalk: item escape

[Ruediger zu Dohna]

Hi!

We sometimes have to parse some text, say:
   foo("bar,b",f),"bbb,ccc",f(a,f(b,c))

The items we would like to get are:
   foo("bar,b",f)
   "bbb,ccc"
   f(a,f(b,c))

But xTalk knows nothing of quotes etc., so it returns:
   foo("bar
   b"
   f)
   "bbb
   ccc"
   f(a
   f(b
   c))

Which is seldom useful.

We have a function doing this parsing, but it is difficult to handle.

How about a local property itemParseExceptions that you can set to 
those characters that you want to have handled specially. These go in 
pairs, so quotes come always twice.

   set the itemParseExceptions to quote&quote&"''(){}[]"


Regards
   R�diger
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