Re: Syntax error in regex pattern

Liam, I think you know this would be evil, however brilliant.

Different semantics for different quote marks? What will be next,
*stars* for emphasis?

Cheers, Wendell

On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 1:36 PM Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2019-07-13 at 16:38 +0000, Martin Honnen martin.honnen@xxxxxx
> wrote:
> > The attribute value is treated as an attribute value template where
> > an expression in curly braces is evaluated as an XPath expression.
>
> Off-topic really, but (like Simon St.Laurent) i still kinda wish we
> could distinguish between single and double quotes around attribute
> values, and then say that $ and { are not special in single-quoted
> attributes. Or have a succinct mechanism to stop specific AVTs
> everywhere.
>
> You can also write a function, e.g. class, and do,
>    pattern="{ class('lowercase') }"
> or whatever, to make this stuff a bit more readable.
>
> Liam
>
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