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in thread Ways to delete start of string

If you really want to know, look in pp.c in the perl source, in blead it's in lines 3055 to 3223.

I skimmed it quickly and still have no clue how it does things - too many macros, too little knowledge from my part.

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Re^4: Ways to delete start of string
by hsmyers (Canon) on May 24, 2008 at 22:33 UTC
    Hmmm... I'm perfectly willing to let sleeping curiosities lie.

    --hsm

    "Never try to teach a pig to sing...it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."
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