Tcl - Re: Thoughts about the controversial {expand} feature

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Re: Thoughts about the controversial {expand} feature

Fredderic

2006-10-24, 8:03 am

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:48:00 -0700,
David Gravereaux <davygrvy@pobox.com> wrote:

> And right there is the problem. If we can ever go to 9.0, raising the
> major version says that it won't be compatible. Then all is good with
> redefining the golden rules.

I'd sill hate to see a whole new substitution token introduced at this
point (even for 9.0). An unlikely extra character (ie. the backtick)
added immediately after the $ substitution token, however, would still
fit in with both the purpose of the $ token, and golden rules. "$`" is
also far more noticeable than this tiny little backtick all on its own
in front of a heap of text. I noticed that a lot when I was doing
LISP, although it's far more common there, so you tend to be looking
out for it...

Fredderic

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