On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 12:29:38AM -0700, Darren Duncan wrote:
> Carl Mäsak wrote:
> >Darren (>):
> >>Read what I said again. I was proposing that the namespace comprised of
> >>names matching a pattern like this:
> >>
> >> /^ <[A..Z]>+ | <[a..z]>+ $/
> >
> >/^ [<[A..Z]>+ | <[a..z]>+] $/
>
> Are the square brackets necessary when the pattern doesn't contain
> anything other than the alternatives?
In this case yes -- the original pattern without the square brackets
would act like:
/ [^ <[A..Z]>+] | [<[a..z]>+ $] /
In other words, the original pattern says "starting with uppercase
or ending with lowercase".
Pm
