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Change "brace" back to "nestable punctuation"

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lePerdu 2019-01-30 21:02:19 -05:00
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@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ Every expansion consists of a `%`, followed by the expansion _type_ (one
or more alphabetic characters), a quoting character, and then all the text
up to and including its matching character.
If an openning brace (`(`, `[`, `{`, or `<`) is used as the openning quoting
character, the expansion will end at the character's matching brace (`)`, `]`,
`}`, or `>`). Nested pairs of the braces used in the expansion are allowed, but
they must be balanced. Braces other than the ones used in the expansion need
not be balanced, however. For example, `%{nest{ed} non[nested}` is valid and
expands to `nest{ed} non[nested`.
If a nestable punctuation character (`(`, `[`, `{`, or `<`) is used as the
opening quoting character, the expansion will end at its matching opposite
(`)`, `]`, `}`, or `>`). Nested pairs of the braces used in the expansion are
allowed, but they must be balanced. Braces other than the ones used in the
expansion need not be balanced, however. For example, `%{nest{ed} non[nested}`
is valid and expands to `nest{ed} non[nested`.
If any other character is used, the expansion will end at the next occurance of
that character. The quoting character can be escpaed inside the expansion if it
If any other character is used, the expansion will end at the next occurrence of
that character. The quoting character can be escaped inside the expansion if it
is doubled-up. For example, `%|abc||def|` expands to the text `abc|def`.
It doesn't matter which character is used, but `{}` are most common.