Re: Constants in double-quoted strings

From: Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:53:20 +0000
Subject: Re: Constants in double-quoted strings
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> I only worry it could break BC - people might have used "{SOMETEXT}" in > strings and not expect it to be interpolated (I've done so myself). > I've done that a lot, and I've seen quite a bit of templating code that does the same. My personal opinion is that interpolating constants would just lead to trouble, one way or another. Even something like "{#SOMETEXT}" could be problematic. I would definitely discourage interpolation without some sort of sigil though... barewords (in brackets or not) are too likely to break BC. Dave

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