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The <code>qw</code> vocabulary provides Perl-ish syntax for arrays of strings. For instance, the literal |
The <code>qw</code> vocabulary provides Perl-ish syntax for arrays of strings. For instance, the literal <pre>qw{ a bc d }</pre> expands to <pre>{ "a" "bc" "d" }</pre> during parse time. This is convenient to use when the strings that are stored contain no whitespace. |
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The convention in Factor is to limit lines to 60 characters wide if possible. This constraint is sometimes waived for large literals, but it was easy enough to accommodate here. |
The convention in Factor is to limit lines to 60 characters wide if possible. This constraint is sometimes waived for large literals, but it was easy enough to accommodate here. |
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