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It's just you. :-p

I moderately often use alternative delimiters, and when I do I very often choose the pipe symbol - it stands out nicely in the line noise that regexen generally devolve into (even when using /x). Alternatively I use ! for similar reasons, but generally only if I anticipate requiring alternation in the regex.

And no, I've not been bitten during maintenance by that choice. ;)

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Re^4: Converting percentage into number
by johngg (Canon) on Jan 10, 2007 at 20:48 UTC
    The pipe symbol is not such a problem with m|some pattern| as the pipes are at either end but when substituting like s|old|new| it's the one in middle that causes the double-take. Like you I've not been bitten by it but it does cause me that moment of hesitation.

    I used to use pipe symbols a lot but I find that I am wearing out the curly brace keys as I tend towards m{...} and s{...}{...} these days. It might have something to do with my addiction to quoting constructs. :)

    Cheers,

    JohnGG

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