J.2 Allowed Replacements of Characters
Syntax
The following replacements
are allowed for the vertical line, number sign, and quotation mark characters:
A vertical line character (|) can be replaced
by an exclamation mark (!) where used as a delimiter.
The number sign characters (#) of a
based_literal
can be replaced by colons (:) provided that the replacement is done for
both occurrences.
The quotation marks (") used as string
brackets at both ends of a string literal can be replaced by percent
signs (%) provided that the enclosed sequence of characters contains
no quotation mark, and provided that both string brackets are replaced.
Any percent sign within the sequence of characters shall then be doubled
and each such doubled percent sign is interpreted as a single percent
sign character value.
These replacements do not change the meaning of
the program.
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