According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> So how many stores do we expect for
> ($a = "xxx") =~ s/a/b/g
> and which of the possible answers would be more useful?
I think it depends on C<($a = "aaa") =~ s/a/b/g>.
* If the s/// operator stores once after all substitutions,
then having it alway store whether the subst happened
or not makes sense. "One = one STORE; one =~ one STORE."
* If the s/// operator stores once for each match/subst,
then if no matches happen then no STOREs happen.
Minimal stores are also relevant for this oddity:
($a = "aaa") =~ s{a}
{ $x++ ? substr($a,0,1) : 'b' }e;
Now, should that produce "bbb" or "baa"? I favor "baa", because I
think minimal stores are too important to compromise them just for
this bizarre use case.
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Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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