[pm-h] Discussion about delimiters for m//

[lee latham]

I just learned that fairly recently.  I want Mark to know I would have
written it differently if I'd thought anybody would actually still be using
it today.

I really can't believe it.  But now I know.

lee


On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 12:49 AM, Mark Allen <mrallen1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> > The funny thing about Perl is that the code you write seems to stick
> around a lot longer than you > would have imagined.
>
> It's not just Perl.  Pretty much any code I've written for $JOB that does
> something useful tends to take on a life of its own.
>
> I think it is both insane and wonderful that Perl allows one to match a
> regex using a literal 'm' as delimiter.  I tend to use m|| myself but I
> know m{} is also in vogue.
>
> Mark
>
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