Re: Re^3: split loop error

Thanks again for the feedback.

I verified that the problem isn't really with the while (<>) type of idiom nor with the assignment of a scalar. As tall man suggests those are pretty common operations and it would be utter chaos if they broke like this. Why the error messages points to line 1 is yet another question.

The problem is in the regex of the split statement. If I do as tall man suggests and remove the capturing parenthesis, the error continues. However, if I pare things down to ...

@outLine = split(/(<.*>)/,$line);
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and this works as it should. Of course, this is not the same as what I want to do, but I think it helps to isolate the problem.

So, I'm fairly near convinced there is a bug in the split regex handling of i386 multi thread. Am I missing something here?

Thanks! Ted

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Re^5: split loop error by tall_man (Parson) on Feb 04, 2003 at 15:45 UTC
Alas for those who proclaim Death to Dot Star! I have no clue yet on why you are getting this bug, but I had another idea for a work-around. Can you make your expression non-greedy without it breaking? `@outLine = split(/(<.?>)/,$line);` [download] If that works, you at least have a work-around to split the line as you wanted until a real fix is found. Update:* One more idea. Have you tried tracing the failing case by adding: `use re 'debug';` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^5: split loop error
by tall_man (Parson) on Feb 04, 2003 at 15:45 UTC

Death to Dot Star!

I have no clue yet on why you are getting this bug, but I had another idea for a work-around. Can you make your expression non-greedy without it breaking?

@outLine = split(/(<.*?>)/,$line);
[download]

Update: One more idea. Have you tried tracing the failing case by adding:

use re 'debug';
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[reply]
[d/l]
[select]