I'm not a regex expert by any means, so I'm not sure how to deal with this error message coming from a Win32 test box. 

#                   ''\518' resolved to '\o{51}8' in regex; marked by 
+<-- HERE in m/^(?:C:\smoker\518 <-- HERE 11x64\cpan\build\Module-Cook
+er-v0.1.3-Ec2rZJ\blib\lib\Module\Cooker\default)/ at C:\smoker\51811x
+64\cpan\build\Module-Cooker-v0.1.3-Ec2rZJ\blib\lib/Module/Cooker.pm l
+ine 295.
# '

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The code in question looks like this: 

my $std_dir = $self->_profile_dir;
my $src_type = ( $dir =~ /^(?:$std_dir)/ ) ? 'standard' : 'local';

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$self->_profile_dir returns an absolute path created by Cwd::realpath(). It has passed on every *nix platform tested so far, but both Win32 testers have reported this, so it appears to be related to only Windows. I suspect it has to do with a '\' preceding a digit in the path.

Now that I see it here I'm wondering if I should put $std_dir into a qr//. Can anyone offer some insight here? Thanks!

It helps to remember that the primary goal is to drain the swamp even when you are hip-deep in alligators.

In reply to SOLVED - Can a better regex person than me tell me how to fix this? by boftx

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