On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:28:11 -0800, d...@zwell.net wrote: > The Windows command shells I've used (CMD and Cmder) fail to print the "｢｣" > that are part of stringified matches. This is a significant issue, since > new users use regular expressions when working through tutorials. > > Since pasting these characters into the console will also yield garbage, I > suggest we pick different symbols, like "┘┌", instead. (IMO, it's important > to choose two symbols that will not blend together when showing an empty > match.) > > The current output: > > say 'a' ~~ /./ > ∩╜óa∩╜ú > > Note: I'm using the October 2017 Rakudo release.
That's because Windows cmd.exe isn't using UTF-8 by default. You need to run `chcp 65001` to switch to the proper code page. -1 on trying to cater to cmd.exe's featureset or using mismatched brackets.
