In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/7cf040c1f649790a4040aec47e47b4ce8b378728?hp=1ca12bda609083913fc4c1a8307d652dd6665207>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 7cf040c1f649790a4040aec47e47b4ce8b378728 Author: Ricardo Signes <[email protected]> Date: Sun Sep 29 22:14:55 2013 -0400 standardize perlre cross-refs to operator-based flags ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perlre.pod | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod index ee3244b..cad4366 100644 --- a/pod/perlre.pod +++ b/pod/perlre.pod @@ -95,15 +95,6 @@ In Perl 5.20 and higher this is ignored. Due to a new copy-on-write mechanism, ${^PREMATCH}, ${^MATCH}, and ${^POSTMATCH} will be available after the match regardless of the modifier. -=item g and c -X</g> X</c> - -Global matching, and keep the Current position after failed matching. -Unlike i, m, s and x, these two flags affect the way the regex is used -rather than the regex itself. See -L<perlretut/"Using regular expressions in Perl"> for further explanation -of the g and c modifiers. - =item a, d, l and u X</a> X</d> X</l> X</u> @@ -111,14 +102,27 @@ These modifiers, all new in 5.14, affect which character-set semantics (Unicode, etc.) are used, as described below in L</Character set modifiers>. -=item r -X</r> +=item Other Modifiers + +There are a number of flags that can be found at the end of regular +expression constructs that are I<not> generic regular expression flags, but +apply to the operation being performed, like matching or substitution (C<m//> +or C<s///> respectively). + +Flags described further in +L<perlretut/"Using regular expressions in Perl"> are: + + c - keep the current position during repeated matching + g - globally match the pattern repeatedly in the string + +Substitution-specific modifiers described in + +L<perlop/"s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/msixpodualgcer"> are: -Non-destructive substitution. Unlike regular substitution, the entity to -which the substitution is bound is B<not> modified in place. Rather, the -B<result> of the substitution is returned as a plain string. See -L<perlop/"s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/msixpodualgcer"> for further explanation of -the C</r> modifier. + e - evaluate the right-hand side as an expression + ee - evaluate the right side as a string then eval the result + o - pretend to optimize your code, but actually introduce bugs + r - perform non-destructive substitution and return the new value =back -- Perl5 Master Repository
