Hi Tom!
On Mo, 12 Apr 2010, Tom Link wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have just noticed that vim allows to use "**" as regular expression.
> Shouldn't this throw a "Nested *" exception like ".**" does?
>
> Examples:
>
> echo match("abc", "**")
> => 0
>
> echo match("abc", ".**")
I believe this is a special case, that is mentioned at :h /star
,----
| Exception: When "*" is used at the start of the pattern or just
| after "^" it matches the star character.
`----
which means you have been searching for the equivalence of /\** (zero or
any number of stars) and matches everywhere.
regards,
Christian
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