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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: q//
Message-ID: <9465@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 11 Sep 90 18:46:30 GMT
References: <1990Sep11.153135.26548@squirrel.mh.nl>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <1990Sep11.153135.26548@squirrel.mh.nl> Johan Vromans <jv@mh.nl> writes:
: 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.

Fixed.  By the way, that last one is still a syntax error unless you
say "\$a...".

Larry