"Thomas Dalton" thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote in message news:a4359dff0707051702t21a0b072w519cd99c5aafefda@mail.gmail.com...
| => param delimiter (as it is today) `| => literal pipe `a => `a (when anything other than a pipe follows a backtick, keep the backtick and the char) `` => `` (same as above, effectively) `| => ` followed by param delimiter \a => \a (backslash only has special meaning when preceding a backtick) \ => \ (same as above)
What parses to '| ? Now you have two escape characters, which just makes it more confusing, if you ask me.
\''|
...I think!
* Backslash not followed by tick: backslash * Backslash followed by tick: tick * Tick followed by pipe: literal pipe symbol
- Mark Clements (HappyDog)