Re: A variable name in a regex comment triggers a warning

Inside the regex, '#' doesn't start a comment.

print ("#7" =~ /#/);

-Bryan

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Re^2: A variable name in a regex comment triggers a warning by imp (Priest) on Dec 25, 2006 at 00:44 UTC
It does when you use the x modifier	[reply]
Re^2: A variable name in a regex comment triggers a warning by ysth (Canon) on Dec 24, 2006 at 22:41 UTC
Yes, it does, sometimes: `$ perl -wle'print("%7" =~ /(?x)#/)' 1` [download]	[reply] [d/l]