using sp space in character classes

[Brad Bowman]

Hello,

In S05, sp is listed under named assertions and isn't explicitly
mentioned in the section on character classes.

Can sp be used in character classes, in particular to include or
exclude space (U+0020)?  eg. space-sp,  alnum+sp

Is there another way to do this, maybe [\ ] escaping?

Thanks,

Brad

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Re: using sp space in character classes

[Larry Wall]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 06:20:45PM +1000, Brad Bowman wrote:
: Hello,
: 
: In S05, sp is listed under named assertions and isn't explicitly
: mentioned in the section on character classes.
: 
: Can sp be used in character classes, in particular to include or
: exclude space (U+0020)?  eg. space-sp,  alnum+sp

Yes, but so far PCR only recognizes things that translate to [[:foo:]] or
\p{foo} within character classes.  It still needs to be generalized
to allow any subrules that can be interpreted as character classes.

: Is there another way to do this, maybe [\ ] escaping?

I believe -[\x20] works currently.

Larry