[erlang-questions] some language changes

[Tony Finch]

On Mon, 21 May 2007, Joe Armstrong wrote:
>
> 3. Extended string syntax: idea - put an atom *before the string quote
>     to say what the string means and to *change* the syntax rules that apply
>     to the string content.

This is somewhat reminiscent of Lua's treatment of data. Its usual form
for function calls is f(a,b,c) but you can also write constructor-style
function calls as f "string" or f {table,literal}. Lua also has a "long
string" syntax (using [[ ]] delimiters) which does not support any escape
sequences. Combining these features, you can write your example as:

	X = regexp[[[.?!][]\"')}]*\\($\\| $\\|\t\\|  \\)[ \t\n]*]]

Tony.
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