From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-08-30T04:10:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Bug? (1.8.0)

Daniel Carrera wrote:
>>>>>p "#$"
>>>
>>>SyntaxError: compile error
>>>(irb):22: unterminated string meets end of file
>>>       from (irb):22
>>
>>Isn't $" also a special variable?
> 
> 
> Okay, I would suggest the following behaviour would make most sense:
> 
> p "#$"    =>  '#$'
> p "#{$"}" =>  contents of $"
> 
> Thoughts?

I'd rather just see the ugly variables go away.
_The Ruby Way_ intentionally avoided their use. There are a few
in there, but most are in code contributed by others.

Rather than change the parser, I'd suggest that the nuby should
be aware that #$ will interpolate a global variable if the rest
of the variable name is valid.

I've been playing in irb and this is making my head hurt.

Personally I'd say: If you want a literal #$, then either escape
the $ or use a non-interpolating string.

Hal