Re: mod_substitute & back-references

[Jim Jagielski]

On Mar 11, 2009, at 5:03 AM, Nick Gearls wrote:

Oops, stupid !

Anyway, a real problem:
        Substitute s|(toreplace)|*replaced[$1]*|qi

translates "toreplace" into "*replaced[*replaced[*replaced[toreplace]*]*]*"

Don't we expect the q flag to stop any replacement after the first one?

Not necessarily, no... it's not a replaceAll vs. replaceFirst
flag.