Re^3: regex gotcha moving from 5.8.8 to 5.30.0?

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Re^4: regex gotcha moving from 5.8.8 to 5.30.0? by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Feb 10, 2021 at 04:04 UTC
... \G having to refer back to the last match. IIUC, the `\G` anchor refers to the pos of the string against which the match is being attempted (the `pos` from a previous, unsuccessful match attempt having been preserved by the `/c` modifier), and so should should be pretty cheap/quick. Is your experience otherwise? Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: regex gotcha moving from 5.8.8 to 5.30.0? by kschwab (Vicar) on Feb 10, 2021 at 05:43 UTC
No, but it's a regression, and seems to be narrowed down somewhere in: `$text =~ /\G \s* ^ \s* begfoo \s+ (\S+?) \s* $ \s* (.?) \s + $ \s* ;/gcmsx` [download] And it sounds like replacing .? with [^;]? was tried.	[reply] [d/l]