RFC 165 (v1) Allow Varibles in tr///

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=head1	TITLE

Allow Varibles in tr///

=head1 VERSION

	Maintainer: Richard Proctor <[email protected]>
	Date: 27 Aug 2000
	Mailing List: [email protected]
	Version: 1
	Number: 165

=head1 ABSTRACT

Allow variables in a tr///.  At present the only way to do a tr/$foo/$bar/
is to wrap it up in an eval.  I dont like using evals for this sort of thing.

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Suggested syntax: tr/$foo/$bar/e

With a /e, tr will expand both the LHS and RHS of the translate function.
Either or both could be variables. I am suggesting /e as it is sort of like
/e for s///e.

=head1 IMPLENTATION

No idea, but should be straight forward.

=head1 REFERENCES

None yet.