Re: [FWP] Puzzle - Temp file creation

[merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)]

>>>>> "Chaim" == Chaim Frenkel <chaimf@pobox.com> writes:

Chaim> I never realized that the automagic increment checked for a pattern. But
Chaim> why should it? Why not simply increment what it finds. Or perhaps anchor
Chaim> it at the back?

How do you increment "a+b"?

Or "0.0"?

And watch it... that second one is tricky.  Because ($n = "0.0")++
already has a meaning.  And if you make the rules about magic too
broad, they start encroaching on real things.

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