G'Day,

gcc and old c compilers used to allow $ in identifiers. Personally, I find this handy as you cannot get a name clash.

The background is that I have programs that generate other programs (compile and then run them in the background) from input the users have given.

For example is a user requests "restrict '$date<20010101'", the program might generate:

	while( getrecord(in,record) )
	{
	const string $cust = record[0];
	const string $date = record[1];
	:
	if( numeric($date)<20010101 )
		putrecord(out,record);
	}

Just a thought!

--
Paul Mathews

I've been leaving that option open by avoiding using $ or @ as operator tokens. -Walter

"Paul Matthews" <plm@pcug.org.au> wrote in message news:3C074DFD.3645FE86@pcug.org.au...
> G'Day,
>
> gcc and old c compilers used to allow $ in identifiers. Personally, I find this handy as you cannot get a name clash.
>
> The background is that I have programs that generate other programs (compile and then run them in the background) from input the users have given.
>
> For example is a user requests "restrict '$date<20010101'", the program might generate:
>
> while( getrecord(in,record) )
> {
> const string $cust = record[0];
> const string $date = record[1];
> :
> if( numeric($date)<20010101 )
> putrecord(out,record);
> }
>
> Just a thought!
>
> --
> Paul Mathews