Package: perl-doc
Version: 5.8.8-12
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/share/man/man1/perlre.1.gz
Tags: upstream
At
The bracketing construct "( ... )" creates capture buffers...
Referring back to another part of the match is called a backreference.
Perhaps add
The zero-width assertions ((?=) etc.) do not create capture buffers.
Also at the first occurrence of "Works only for fixed-width
look-behind", say add an example into the sentence, like:
Works only for fixed-width look-behind, not e.g., (?<=a?).
So the user is clear about what is meant.
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