I like to banish it in Vim, with this:
%s/\(new\) \([A-Za-z0-9:]*\)/\2->\1/gc
\1 and \2 in the right-hand side of a search-and-replace is frowned up (specifically, it causes a warning under the warnings pragma) - instead use $1 and $2
Re:\1 is frowned upon ;)
Aristotle on 2008-09-21T18:03:45
Did you actually pay attention? He posted a Vim command, not a line of Perl, given away by the initial
%and the/cmodifier. And, err, Vim has neither$1nor awarningspragma.Re:\1 is frowned upon ;)
fireartist on 2008-09-21T19:47:00
Yes I read that it was for use in vim - but the only vim command I know is ":wq"
No I didn't notice the only 2 characters that makes it not valid perl (though the leading % char could mean anything if it were sort of configuration language)
Though, I can't imagine the OP cares, as I hope the smiley in my original subject line would communicate it as only a light-hearted poke.
And I don't really care, as my comment shows I probably don't use vim.So, I guess that's a long winded (and hopefully vaguely polite) way of saying "whatever, let's move on"