On Jun13, 2011, at 16:19 , Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> On 06/13/2011 10:07 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
>> Some languages use =~ and some use just ~... I was just
>> wondering if anyone thought the commutator of =~ was ~=...
>
> My feeling is it's a bit dangerous. It's too easy to fat-finger the reverse op, and get something quite unintended.
Well, but with "~" you need to *remember* that the regexp
goes on the right side and the text on the left. That seems
worse than the risk of fat-fingering "=~" and getting "~=".
At, at least, have looked up the argument order of "~"
countless in the past...
best regards,
Florian Pflug
