Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> It's also slower, which is why as of today 'a.*b' works even without
> sending #asRegex.
Slower because of repeated sends of asRegex?
I'd rather see new syntax for compile-time evaluation in literal
position, instead of specialised syntax for regex literals.
##('a.*b' asRegex)
> However, *always* treating string literals as regexes is going to give
> problems in the long term.
Agreed. Type-punning is often not a great idea.
Regards,
Tony
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