On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 07:49:55PM +0200, Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote:
we have three proposals here:
$%<hex>
${hex:<hex>}
and a slightly more nebulous "a more unique prefix", perhaps this
qualifies:
$[hex:<hex>]
that would be fine with me, in any case.
I like ${hex:<hex>}, because it looks like a function and we can use the
same syntax for other string expansions, too.
I want to note that a syntax mix-up can be flagged at upload time, so I
don't think it's a big problem in practice.
this is not entirely correct, a typo like ${hex.ff} can only be flagged
if "variables" is in use, otherwise it will be used verbatim.
This particular typo will indeed be used verbatim, whereas ${hex:fg} can
be recognised.
Michael