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- Subject: Re: Internationalisation in programming languages [Was Re: lex patch]
- From: Edgar Toernig <froese@...>
- Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 23:30:23 +0200
RLake@oxfam.org.uk wrote:
>
> However,
> and Edgar may correct me here if I'm wrong, I think that there are some
> languages in which the correct quoting style is »quotation« and others
> where it is «quotation».
You're right. »quotation« is used here in Germany. But only in books to
denote something spoken. People don't use it in regular writing; they
use ,,quotation''. But IMHO, that's not the problem (normally, US people
don't use "string" either - they use ``string'').
> But it is impossible to suggest it since they are not available in every
> character set
Yes, that's what makes them a "no no".
> If you're open to long-quote alternatives, though, I'd think seriously
> about << and >> (and it wouldn't bother me if « and » were synonyms, but it
> might bother someone who wanted to use T's with carons). Another
> alternative would be [< long quote >].
I was not very happy with the [[...]] quotes too and tried to find a better
token. I wouldn't take <<...>>. I would like to reserve them for later
extensions. But [<...>] looks fine.
Btw, I think that Lua's [[...]] problem could be relaxed when the parser
would not count matching double brackets but all single brackets. Then
[[a[b[c]]]] would be no problem. (Of course, you would need matching
brackets within the string - but may be a lesser problem.)
> You would think we'd learn....
Nah, that would be too easy ;-)
Ciao, ET.