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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 or more alphabetic characters), a quoting character, and then all the text
up to and including its matching character. up to and including its matching character.
If an openning brace (`(`, `[`, `{`, or `<`) is used as the openning quoting If a nestable punctuation character (`(`, `[`, `{`, or `<`) is used as the
character, the expansion will end at the character's matching brace (`)`, `]`, opening quoting character, the expansion will end at its matching opposite
`}`, or `>`). Nested pairs of the braces used in the expansion are allowed, but (`)`, `]`, `}`, or `>`). Nested pairs of the braces used in the expansion are
they must be balanced. Braces other than the ones used in the expansion need allowed, but they must be balanced. Braces other than the ones used in the
not be balanced, however. For example, `%{nest{ed} non[nested}` is valid and expansion need not be balanced, however. For example, `%{nest{ed} non[nested}`
expands to `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 If any other character is used, the expansion will end at the next occurrence of
that character. The quoting character can be escpaed inside the expansion if it 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`. 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. It doesn't matter which character is used, but `{}` are most common.