Thanks choroba for setting me straight. If there's one thing that I keep forgetting to learn it's not to post regex questions or answers in haste. ;)

You are correct. This:

local $_ = 'foo';                         
                                          
m/\Gfoo/gc && say 'Matched foo';          
m/\G.+/gc  && say 'Matched dot star';     
m/\G\z/gc  && say 'Matched end of string';

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...produces this:

Matched foo
Matched end of string

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And this:

local $_ = 'foo';                         
                                          
m/\Gfoo/gc && say 'Matched foo';          
m/\G.*/gc  && say 'Matched dot star';     
m/\G\z/gc  && say 'Matched end of string';

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...produces this:

Matched foo
Matched dot star

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...indicating that end of string was consumed by dot star, though it's still a little odd because this also matches:

local $_ = 'foo';                      
                                       
m/\Gfoo/gc && say 'Matched foo';       
m/\G.*\z/gc  && say 'Matched dot star and end of string';

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...produces this:

Matched foo
Matched dot star and end of string

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So while it may be eluded to in the documentation it's not entirely unsurprising. :)


Dave

In reply to Re^2: Seeking clarification on possible bug in regex using \G and /gc by davido
in thread Seeking clarification on possible bug in regex using \G and /gc by davido

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