From: Michael Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2003-07-15T22:34:36+09:00
Subject: Re: General Delimited String Syntax Question

> It changed... %-style literals no longer allow alphanumerics or
> multi-byte characters as delimiters.

Why?  That seemed useful (though to be fair, I have never needed it; the
choice of the multiple 'brackety' chars solved any possible character-space
clash I've ever had.)