>=head1 ABSTRACT

>It is quite difficult to match paired characters in Perl 5 regular
>expressions. A solution is proposed, using new \g (match opening grouping
>character) and \G (match closing grouping character) metacharacters.
>Two new special variables, @^g and @^G control which strings are 
>considered grouping characters and what their complement is.

What about the meaning that \G already holds?

Wasn't one going to avoid using any more cryptic variables?

You can't use $^g for a variable name, because you're pretending
it's different than $^G.  But notice that you can't use a lower
case letter there.

--tom

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