[Python-Dev] Re: The impact of '@' on Leo

[David Eppstein]

In article <005e01c47b2d$9c0dee80$6700a8c0 at computer>,
 "Edward K. Ream" <edreamleo at charter.net> wrote:

> The major concern I have with '@' syntax as it relates to Leo is the
> potential for ongoing and never-ending conflicts between Leo's directives
> and @x constructs in Python.

I don't know what Leo is, but the usual solution to this sort of problem 
is to introduce some kind of quoting convention, e.g. @@ gets passed 
through as a single @ to Python, any other @something gets treated as a 
Leo directive.  Is there some reason that wouldn't work?

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David Eppstein
Computer Science Dept., Univ. of California, Irvine
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/