Re: Quoted substitution

In article <1134986323.887195@fuchs.cyberlink.ch>,
Ronnie Brunner <ronnie.brunner@netcetera.ch> wrote:
>Donal K. Fellows wrote:
>> Change:
>> If a word contains a dollar-sign (``$'') then Tcl performs \fIvariable
>> substitution\fR: the dollar-sign and the following characters are
>> replaced in the word by the value of a variable.
>> to:
>> If a word contains a dollar-sign (``$'') followed by one of the forms
>> described below, then Tcl performs \fIvariable substitution\fR: the
>> dollar-sign and the following characters are replaced in the word by
>> the value of a variable.
>
>+1
>
>> Minimal, but should stop this topic from coming up again.
>
>Or at least the first reply with a reference to the doc would do :-)
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Indeed. I wonder if specialists in disaster recovery have
a word for this? The ambition is not to prevent all bad
things, but to have good responses to the ones that can't
be prevented. In any case, thanks to Donal and Donald for
their write-ups; to my eye, they're right on target.
Received on Fri Dec 23 19:02:07 2005