Re: BUG REPORT: Website META Language 1.99.1 (16-Mar-2000)

[Denis Barbier <nospam@thanx>]

On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Anthony Fok wrote:

> PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
> 
>     wml_p1_ipp would fail if the input file (or its included files) contains
> 
> 	?$(name)
[...]
>     Also, the "$" is escaped if preceded by a "\" regardless of the number
>     of "\"s.  For example, if test.wml contains the following lines:
> 
> 	$(name:#string)
> 	0 $(name)
> 	1 \$(name)
> 	2 \\$(name)
> 	3 \\\$(name)
> 	4 \\\\$(name)
> 
>     the resulting test.html would be:
> 
> 	0 string
> 	1 $(name)
> 	2 \$(name)
> 	3 \\$(name)
> 	4 \\\$(name)
> 
>     whereas most people would probably expect the output to be:
> 
> 	0 string
> 	1 $(name)
> 	2 \string
> 	3 \\$(name)
> 	4 \\string
> 
>     Or, perhaps I am getting too picky?  :-)

Have a look at wml::mod::MakeMaker and you will understand why i need
this feature ;-)
Of course, the ?$(var) problem is a bug, thanks for reporting it.

-- 
Denis Barbier
WML Maintainer

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