From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-02-19T16:05:06+09:00
Subject: Re: strings combine

On 02/18/2010 11:32 PM, Roger Pack wrote:
>>> Shouldn't the following be a syntax error?
>>>
>>>>> ' 3' '4'
>>> => " 34"
>>
>> Rarely seen, but string literal "implicit" concatenation has always been 
>> a feature.
> 
> Yeah--for me it has almost always represented a bug (like a missing , 
> between parameters or what not).
> Ahh well.

I can't remember having used it but it can be useful if you want to 
create a longer string and do not want to use a here document (because 
of indentation issues for example).

Kind regards

	robert

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