Re: please explain lazy leftop gotcha a bit more

Hi Terrence,

[ sorry for bringing this back to recdescent but maybe Damian
has some input on this ]

On Friday, November 2, 2001, at 10:50  AM, Terrence Brannon wrote:

>          list: token1 element(s /,/) token2

[...]

> that is really what you need:
>
>          $item{__DIRECTIVE1__}
>
> It actually is documented under @item and %item

Well, it only says that __DIRECTIVEn__ exists. But it doesn't
document the following explicitly enough (for my taste):

Using $item{element} when your rule says 'element(s)' gives you
an array reference, but when your rule says 'element(s /,/)' you
only get the last element. The two are visually close enough for
me to expect them to return the same thing.

Unless it *is* documented and I just can't find it.

Marcel

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