Brett Stahlman wrote:

> Possible bugs in new regex engine involving \@> and \?
> 
> Using the following line of text...
> 0123456789 
> 
> ...run the following two :substitute commands with both old and new regex 
> engine, and notice the differences...
> 
> s/\(01\)\(23\)\@>\(.*\)/--\1--\2--\3/
>       Old (\%=1)
>               --01--23--456789 
>       New (\%=2)
>               ----23--456789 
> 
> s/\(01\)\(23\d\@=\)\?\(.*\)/--\1--\2--\3/
>       Old (\%=1)
>               --01--23--456789 
>       New (\%=2)
>               --01----23456789 
> 
> Note: The \d\@= in the second example could be replaced with other
> matching zero-width assertions (e.g., \%v) without changing the
> results.

I'll add a remark in the todo list.  Thanks for the examples.
Can you simplify them further?  Can you also see the effect with only a
search?

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