Re^2: getting more from __DATA_

like it. nice one ;-)

Its kind of tricky as there is no guarantee what the content of each segment is... I suppose there could be a reserved hashkey that automatically gets ignored:

__rem__
this is the foo part...
__foo__
etc etc
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is that what you were thinking?

time was, I could move my arms like a bird and...

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Re^3: getting more from __DATA__ by hsmyers (Canon) on Mar 28, 2005 at 16:42 UTC
No, I was just thinking of something along the lines of a 'if first character of the line is semi-colon, then ignore' style of comment. Easy to parse and allows bread crumbs in the forest... --hsm "Never try to teach a pig to sing...it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."	[reply]
Re^4: getting more from __DATA__ by Ctrl-z (Friar) on Mar 28, 2005 at 17:11 UTC
What if "if first character of the line is semi-colon, then ignore" is a valid syntax in the embedded text? Thats what I meant by being tricky - any special syntax you create on top, could interfere with whats embedded inside. Then you need an escape mechanism...which is a drag to implement for both author and user :-). Commenting would be useful, but I cant really think of another way to avoid that catch 22? time was, I could move my arms like a bird and...	[reply]
Re^5: getting more from __DATA__ by hsmyers (Canon) on Mar 28, 2005 at 18:14 UTC
I understand your dilemma. The trade off between the value of comments versus folks who have semi-colons in column one has to be considered. How about a comment character selection as part of the interface? I.e. default it to semi-colon or percent sign in first column ( or even anywhere ) and allow the user to specify. --hsm "Never try to teach a pig to sing...it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."	[reply]
Re^6: getting more from __DATA__ by Ctrl-z (Friar) on Mar 30, 2005 at 01:39 UTC


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