[Melbourne-pm] Single vs double quotes: no real difference (was Re: Delivering PDFs via CGI)

[Scott Penrose]

I like it - you definitely described my erratic behaviour too :-)

Scooter

On 20/06/2006, at 17:14, Sisyphus wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jacinta Richardson"
> .
> .
>>
>> If you mix up your quotes with no clear reason (that is sometimes  
>> you use
> single
>> and other times double for literal data) then the person reading  
>> your code
> will
>> just go nuts.
>>
>
> I reckon that I mix them up "with no clear reason" ... and I also  
> reckon
> that most others do, too .... but I'm not sure that my reckoning is  
> correct
> :-)
>
> I often do:
> $x = 'Hello World';
> or
> @stats = stat 'some.file';
>
> but then I *always*:
> print "Hello World";
>
> Does *anyone* ever:
> print 'Hello World';
>
> ??
>
> Is there a "clear reason" for using single quotes in the assignment  
> and the
> stat(), but double quotes in the print() ?
>
> Anyway ... my basic thinking is that you should use single quotes  
> unless
> double quotes are needed .... or unless there's some convention that
> dictates the use of double quotes .... or unless you inadvertently use
> double quotes in a moment of distraction :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
>
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