Re: [PATCH 0/2] [RFD] Using gitrevisions :/search style with other operators

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 9, 2010, 01:59 UTC
Message-ID: <20101209015926.GA31119@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <201012090254.24999.jnareb@gmail.com>

Jakub Narebski wrote:

> You would need HEAD{^{/foo}^@}x3, or use special rule that HEAD^{/foo}x2
> means really HEAD^{/foo}^@^{/foo}, with ^@ used to join them.

That said, does ^2x500 really do something meaningful that a person would ever need? I like the

	^{:nth(3)/foo}

syntax because perl6 supports m:nth(3)/foo/, suggesting a menu of already-defined modifiers to implement when they prove useful, known already to a certain subset of the audience and proven useful already in a different context.

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