On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 10:20:28AM -0500, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote:
> > m//gt would be defined to do the match, and return the count of matches, this
> > leaves all existing uses consistent and unaffected. /t is suggested for
> > "counT", as /c is already taken. Using /t without /g would be result in
> > only 0 or 1 being returned, which is nearly the existing syntax.
>
> Better would be to redefine what m//g means in a scalar context.
>
> $_ = "foofoofoofoofoofoofoo";
> $count = m/foo/g;
>
> 1 is just as true as 7.
But you would loose the functionality of \G starting where the last match
left off. This is very useful.
Graham.
