Re^2: strange behaviour: continue with \G and /gc and look forward

It can match at the same position twice.

say "[$-[0], $+[0])" while "aaaaa" =~ /a*?/g;
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[0, 0)
[0, 1)
[1, 1)
[1, 2)
[2, 2)
[2, 3)
[3, 3)
[3, 4)
[4, 4)
[4, 5)
[5, 5)
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Re^3: strange behaviour: continue with \G and /gc and look forward by tybalt89 (Monsignor) on Dec 14, 2019 at 17:52 UTC
I should have said "regex will not ZERO LENGTH match twice at the same position".	[reply]