Re: Delimiters for String Templates (the ultimate Bike Shed!)

> 1.  <<[ ... ]>>  and <<{ ... }>>
> 2.   <[ ... ]>   and  <{ ... }>
> 3.  @@[ ... ]@@  and @@{ ... }@@
> 4.   <{ ... }>   and  <[" ... "]>
>
> We need to pick a set of strings to use as delimiters. Some considerations:
>
> 1. These strings will frequently be used to create structured output, so it
> is helpful to choose strings that make it easy to see the start and end of
> each region, and that allow a programmer to use nesting to indicate the
> hierarchy.

Visually for me the only one that I think will stand out in XQuery
with lots of embedded XML is the @@ one.



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Received on Wednesday, 23 September 2015 10:05:16 UTC