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by troglodynellc 1307 days ago
Double colon would make talking about perl even worse (:: is namespace separator) -- it's already bad enough that any namespace starting with D becomes an emoticon in pretty much all online editors.

This stuff should just stop. Operating Systems / Browser vendors should instead standardize on a hotkey to bring up an emoji selector that steals focus to filter via typing and inserts on enter key.

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Code should be quoted upfront.

Finding some sequence that also isn’t a valid Perl substring is impossible, in any case.

Indeed. Replace scroll lock with emoji lock