Damian Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Of course, that example might in itself be sufficient reason
to completely redesign the regex syntax!
Perl uses the term "pattern matching" since day one. This opens the
possibility of extending pattern matching with other, not neccessarily
regex based,
In perl5,
/(??{ $FOO })/
delays the interpolation of $FOO, so as to be able to have
recursively defined regexps.
Of course, that example might in itself be sufficient reason
to completely redesign the regex syntax!
Damian
PS: I'll probably have a RFC on that issue
