perlre could definitely be clearer. Part of the problem is very few people understand it properly, so the documentation's often done by people who don't quite get it. (As the people who do understand the regex engine well enough to notice the problems are generally too heavily medicated to do anything... :) | [reply] |
Who's suggestion@box should I put this in? :)
regex's are certainly my weakest area in Perl. I haven't had to get as up close and personal with them as the other areas. I use them often but nothing that requires huge contortions. I'm very suprised it took me this many years to get bit by this. I posted another message in this thread that suprised me even more, any thoughts?
-Lee
"To be civilized is to deny one's nature."
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