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From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: q//
Message-ID: <1990Sep11.153135.26548@squirrel.mh.nl>
Date: 11 Sep 90 15:31:35 GMT
Sender: jv@squirrel.mh.nl (Johan Vromans)
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From the manual (pl28):

 "The q operator is a generalized single quote, and the qq operator a
 "generalized double quote.
 "Any non-alphanumeric delimiter can be used in place of /, including
 "newline.

Of course this is extreme, but ... ascii NUL?

(^@ is a real NUL):

   $a = q^@foo^@;

=> EOF in string at t.pl line 1.

   eval("$a = q\0foo\0"); print "$@";

=> EOF in string at (eval) line 1.

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	Johan
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