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• Well... (Score:1)

  by bart (450)

  Apparently, "\xCA" is a non-breaking space on the Mac — the same as "\xA0" on Windows and in ISO-Latin-1, and " " in HTML.

  So why wouyld BBEdit replace a normal space with a non-breaking space? It doesn't quite add up.
  • Re:Well... (Score:2)

    by jonasbn (1153) <reversethis-{gro.napc} {ta} {nbsanoj}> on 2004.02.10 9:33 (#28264) Homepage Journal

    It seems the alt + space combination inserts this character, so writing code like:
    
    open(FIN "<$file") || die "Unable ...
    
    Triggers this often, resulting in compilation error :-/

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    • Re:Well... (Score:2)

      by vsergu (505)

      So just get into the habit of writing

      open FIN, "<$file" or die "Unable ...";

      instead.
      • Re:Well... (Score:2)

        by jonasbn (1153)

        hehehe... you are right, I should, I used to write or I cannot remember why I went back to ||
        
        Silly me