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in reply to Re^3: Strange result from "abbbbbc" =~ /(b)*?(b*?)c/
in thread Strange result from "abbbbbc" =~ /(b)*?(b*?)c/

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