> > (The \ is necessary here because (?@foo) already has a meaning under
> > Perl 5, and I think your proposal must address this.)
>
> (?@foo) has no meaning I checked the code
I don't know what you mean, but you're mistaken, because it means to
interpolate @foo as in a double-quoted string.
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:> mike mulligan replied to Peter Heslin:
:> : ... it is greedy in the sense of the forward matching "*" or "+"
:constructs.
:> : [snip]
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:> This
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=head1 TITLE
counting matches
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Maintainer: Richard Proctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 16 Aug 2000
Last Modified: 12 Sep 2000
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(proto RFC possibly, and some generalised ramblings)
Given that expansion of regexes could include (+...) and (*...) I have been
thinking about providing a general purpose way of adding functionality.
I propose that the entire (+...) syntax is kept free from formal
specification for this and is
On Mon 11 Sep, Mark-Jason Dominus wrote:
>
> > (?@foo) is sort of equivalent to (??{join('|',@foo)}), ie it expands into
> > a list of alternatives. One could possible use just @foo, for this.
>
> It just occurs to me that this is already possible. I've written a
> module, 'atq', such that if
From: Hugo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 11:59 PM
> mike mulligan replied to Peter Heslin:
> : ... it is greedy in the sense of the forward matching "*" or "+"
constructs.
> : [snip]
>
> This is nothing to do with greediness and everything to do with
> left-to-rightness. T
