Re: Quoted substitution

Donal K. Fellows wrote:

> Uwe Klein wrote:
>> Mention the non-substitution case explicitly! People remenber do's and
>> dont's. Implied Information does not stick as well.
>
> What exactly do you suggest should be said in the non-substitution case?
> At the moment, you're trying to transfer that information to me using
> "implied information"... ;-)
>
> Donal.

How about:

If the $ sign is followed by something that isn't an opening brace, a
letter, digit, or underscore then there is no variable name and the $ is
left in place.

Ian
Received on Fri Dec 23 19:02:09 2005