Re: Late evaluation (was: Re: [ gnuplot-Patches-992149 ] String ...)

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> 	later(sprintf("%g", y))
> 	later(x);
>
> or, shorter
>
> 	$(sprintf("%g", y))
> 	$(x)

I would prefer the later() function; it would be advantage to have the
'late' evaluation for real-value functions as well. Maybe, there could be
a synonym  sPrintf() = later(sprintf())  (aka \def vs \gdef in TeX).
I don't like the syntax with $ because it breaks for call'ed scripts.

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