in reply to (?{...code..}) regex construct causing panic: top_env in 5.8.2

Older perls can crash if the the regexp engine is called again from (?{...}). But this is not an older perl, and the regexp is not used again.

These kind of problems are the reason why (?{...}) is still experimental.

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Re: Re: (?{...code..}) regex construct causing panic: top_env in 5.8.2
by diotalevi (Canon) on Feb 26, 2004 at 22:54 UTC
    So do newer perls, hence all the tomfoolery with forking in Regexp::Approx.