Re^2: Value of $_ inside a regex (?{ code })

Aha, so we're talking about a specific construct, the http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html#%28?{-code-}%29, which says

inside a (?{...}) block, $_ refers to the string the regular expression is matching against. You can also use pos() to know what is the current position of matching within this string.

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Re^3: Value of $_ inside a regex (?{ code }) by Discipulus (Canon) on Oct 12, 2015 at 08:27 UTC
so that part is documented; good to know. L* There are no rules, there are no thumbs.. Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Value of $_ inside a regex (?{ code }) by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Oct 12, 2015 at 20:16 UTC
I see this statement in the documentation of `(?{...})` in perlre back to 5.8.9. But nothing like it for `(??{...})` Interesting. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Value of $_ inside a regex (?{ code }) by Anonymous Monk on Oct 12, 2015 at 23:45 UTC
one potato, two potato :) perlbug	[reply]