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Doug Evans wrote:
> I kinda wonder whether .foo is sufficiently dissimilar from foo
> to avoid problems.
> "p-foo" (or some such) may be a sufficiently better choice to
> warrant switching.
>
>   

Of course the other way to go, that may be sufficient, is to use +, -, 
==, !=, &&, ||, etc. (where possible).
One would then have to debate = vs ==.  1/2 :-)

I don't have a strong opinion, other than wanting to avoid an issue if 
there is indeed one.