Re: Regex repetition controlled by characters
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 08:33:48AM -0600, Stephen Simmons wrote:
> In S05, I found this regarding the generalized repetition specifier:
>
> ** '|'# repetition controlled by presence of character
>
> I tried it out with
>
> rule thislist { ** '|' };
>
> and got (with Rakudo):
>
> perl6regex parse error: Error in closure quantifier at offset 28, found '''
>
> Is this feature unsupported at the moment or am I misunderstanding it?
It's unsupported at the moment -- currently this is RT #53100.
Pm
Re: Regex repetition controlled by characters
Stephen Simmons wrote:
> In S05, I found this regarding the generalized repetition specifier:
>
> ** '|'# repetition controlled by presence of character
>
> I tried it out with
>
> rule thislist { ** '|' };
>
> and got (with Rakudo):
>
> perl6regex parse error: Error in closure quantifier at offset 28, found '''
>
> Is this feature unsupported at the moment or am I misunderstanding it?
It seems to be not yet supported, yes.
Moritz
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