> >I propose that this 'last successful match' behavior be discarded
> >entirely, and that an empty pattern always match the empty string.
>
> I don't see a consideration for simply s/successful// above, which
> has also been talked about.
Thanks, I will add this to the next version. I did consider that, and
I rejected it. Here's my thinking: s/successful// does make the
feature somewhat more useful, but (a) all those uses are more easily
accomplished with qr() these days, and (b) it's still an
action-at-a-distance effect, which means that it's fragile and that
the behavior of working code can change suddenly and surprisingly when
it is modified.
If you have remarks about this topic that you think are missing,
please do let me know.
