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in reply to Re: Strange result from "abbbbbc" =~ /(b)*?(b*?)c/
in thread Strange result from "abbbbbc" =~ /(b)*?(b*?)c/

I can reproduce his results with ActivePerl 5.6.1

$1 = 'a' $2 = 'bbbbb' @- = (1, 0, 1) @+ = (7, 1, 6)

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Re^3: Strange result from "abbbbbc" =~ /(b)*?(b*?)c/
by japhy (Canon) on Aug 01, 2006 at 20:41 UTC
    Perl 5.8.8 doesn't have this problem. Whatever it is, it appears to have been fixed. 5.6.1 is kind of "old".

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      It appears to have been fixed in 5.8.0.
      $1 = '' (defined) $2 = 'bbbbb' @- = (1, 1, 1) @+ = (7, 1, 6)