Hi,

When I do "abbbbbc" =~ /(b)*?(b*?)c/ as a result I get

$1="a"
$2="bbbbb"

which is not what I have expected. How did (b) manage to match "a"?
Is this a bug or a documented behavior of the regular expressions?

p.s. "abbbbbc" =~ /(b)*(b*?)c/ nicely returns

$1="b"
$2=""
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