I don't fathom the error, but ht(his)h... Happy hunting.

the perl info

C:\>perl -v This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-threa (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

the program

while ("this_is_broken_" =~ /(.*?)_/gs) { print "($1) "; }

the output

^C C:\>perl -mre=debug trash.pl Freeing REx: `,' Compiling REx `(.*?)_' size 10 first at 5 1: OPEN1(3) 3: MINMOD(4) 4: STAR(6) 5: SANY(0) 6: CLOSE1(8) 8: EXACT <_>(10) 10: END(0) floating `_' at 0..2147483647 (checking floating) anchored(SBOL) impli +cit minlen 1 Guessing start of match, REx `(.*?)_' against `this_is_broken_'... Found floating substr `_' at offset 4... Guessed: match at offset 0 Matching REx `(.*?)_' against `this_is_broken_' Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=9 0 <> <this_is_brok> | 1: OPEN1 0 <> <this_is_brok> | 3: MINMOD 0 <> <this_is_brok> | 4: STAR Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=9 0 <> <this_is_brok> | 6: CLOSE1 0 <> <this_is_brok> | 8: EXACT <_> failed... SANY can match 1 times out of 1... 1 <t> <his_is_brok> | 6: CLOSE1 1 <t> <his_is_brok> | 8: EXACT <_> failed... SANY can match 1 times out of 1... 2 <th> <is_is_brok> | 6: CLOSE1 2 <th> <is_is_brok> | 8: EXACT <_> failed... SANY can match 1 times out of 1... 3 <thi> <s_is_brok> | 6: CLOSE1 3 <thi> <s_is_brok> | 8: EXACT <_> failed... SANY can match 1 times out of 1... 4 <this> <_is_brok> | 6: CLOSE1 4 <this> <_is_brok> | 8: EXACT <_> 5 <this_> <is_brok> | 10: END Match successful! (this) Guessing start of match, REx `(.*?)_' against `is_broken_'... Found floating substr `_' at offset 2... Guessed: match at offset 0 Matching REx `(.*?)_' against `is_broken_' Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=9 5 <this_> <is_brok> | 1: OPEN1 5 <this_> <is_brok> | 3: MINMOD 5 <this_> <is_brok> | 4: STAR Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=9 5 <this_> <is_brok> | 6: CLOSE1 5 <this_> <is_brok> | 8: EXACT <_> failed... SANY can match 1 times out of 1... 6 <his_i> <s_broke> | 6: CLOSE1 6 <his_i> <s_broke> | 8: EXACT <_> failed... SANY can match 1 times out of 1... 7 <is_is> <_broken> | 6: CLOSE1 7 <is_is> <_broken> | 8: EXACT <_> 8 <s_is_> <broken_> | 10: END Match successful! (is) Guessing start of match, REx `(.*?)_' against `broken_'... Found floating substr `_' at offset 6... Guessed: match at offset 0 Matching REx `(.*?)_' against `broken_' Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=9 8 <s_is_> <broken_> | 1: OPEN1 8 <s_is_> <broken_> | 3: MINMOD 8 <s_is_> <broken_> | 4: STAR Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=9 8 <s_is_> <broken_> | 6: CLOSE1 8 <s_is_> <broken_> | 8: EXACT <_> failed... SANY can match 1 times out of 1... 9 <s_is_b> <roken_> | 6: CLOSE1 9 <s_is_b> <roken_> | 8: EXACT <_> failed... SANY can match 1 times out of 1... 10 <s_is_br> <oken_> | 6: CLOSE1 10 <s_is_br> <oken_> | 8: EXACT <_> failed... SANY can match 1 times out of 1... 11 <s_is_bro> <ken_> | 6: CLOSE1 11 <s_is_bro> <ken_> | 8: EXACT <_> failed... SANY can match 1 times out of 1... 12 <s_is_brok> <en_> | 6: CLOSE1 12 <s_is_brok> <en_> | 8: EXACT <_> failed... SANY can match 1 times out of 1... 13 <s_is_broke> <n_> | 6: CLOSE1 13 <s_is_broke> <n_> | 8: EXACT <_> failed... SANY can match 1 times out of 1... 14 <s_is_broken> <_> | 6: CLOSE1 14 <s_is_broken> <_> | 8: EXACT <_> 15 <s_is_broken_> <> | 10: END Match successful! (broken) Freeing REx: `(.*?)_'

In reply to Re: Is your Perl broken? Bug help needed. by boo_radley
in thread Is your Perl broken? Bug help needed. by japhy

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