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Re: Bug#386912: errors in the Perl parser of xgettext: invalid variable
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John Cowan |
Subject: |
Re: Bug#386912: errors in the Perl parser of xgettext: invalid variable interpolation at "$" |
Date: |
Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:53:41 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.3.28i |
Bruno Haible scripsit:
> - Other identifiers, if immediately followed by an opening
> parenthesis,
Any identifier immediately followed by an open paren takes the arguments
within the parens. In Perl-speak, "if it looks like a function call,
it is a function call." So if you don't want to worry about which
built-ins take one argument and which take as many as possible, always
parenthesize.
> foo bar (x), y ==> foo (bar (x), y)
> foo bar (x, y), z ==> foo (bar (x, y), z)
> - Other identifiers, if not immediately followed by an opening
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