Re^2: (localtime) versus localtime - round 1

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parenthesis are

Should be either parenthesis is or parentheses are.

You have nine pairs of parentheses in your example. Which ones are you using to remove the ambiguity?

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Re^3: (localtime) versus localtime - round 1 by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 28, 2008 at 06:58 UTC
ah thanks. And none. I was explaining why the OP's second snippet worked.	[reply]
Re^4: (localtime) versus localtime - round 1 by jwkrahn (Abbot) on Sep 28, 2008 at 07:04 UTC
Maybe I'm being obtuse, but I don't see the ambiguity. `:-(`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: (localtime) versus localtime - round 1 by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 28, 2008 at 07:48 UTC
Parentheses are not required to create a list. Their sole purpose here is to disambiguate between two legitimate parsings: "`[`" being the start of an index or the start of an array constructor.	[reply] [d/l]

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