Compiling REx `.*' size 3 Got 28 bytes for offset annotations. first at 2 1: STAR(3) 2: REG_ANY(0) 3: END(0) anchored(MBOL) implicit minlen 0 Offsets: [3] 2[1] 1[1] 3[0] Matching REx ".*" against "abc" Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=5 0 <> | 1: STAR REG_ANY can match 3 times out of 2147483647... Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=5 3 <> | 3: END Match successful! Matching REx ".*" against "" Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=5 3 <> | 1: STAR REG_ANY can match 0 times out of 2147483647... Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=5 3 <> | 3: END Match successful! Matching REx ".*" against "" Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=5 3 <> | 1: STAR REG_ANY can match 0 times out of 2147483647... Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=5 3 <> | 3: END Match possible, but length=0 is smaller than requested=1, failing! failed... Match failed ttFreeing REx: `".*"'