On Tue, 2 Jul 2019, I wrote: > > PCRE2 version 10.33 2019-04-16 > > /\A(?:.(*COMMIT))*c/ > > abcd > > No match > > > > But Perl reports that this is successful match "abc". > > I think this is also a Perl bug and I will report it.
A Perl developer has admitted there is some ambiguity, but suggests that (*COMMIT) just means "never advance the starting point". That pattern can find a match without advancing the starting point. I have pointed out that, in that case, /.*(*COMMIT)c/ should also match, but it doesn't. This is still under discussion by the Perl people. It may take some time for a conclusion to emerge. Regards, Philip -- Philip Hazel -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/pcre-dev
