Re^2: Regarding the new \w regexp escape in 5.11

Thanks!

Reading demerphq comments I understand that the way it's going to be fixed is not decided yet. So I'll watch this space closely now :)

--kap

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Re^3: Regarding the new \w regexp escape in 5.11
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 06, 2009 at 18:10 UTC

This seems definite:

	Any version	Before 5.12	Deterministic Behaviour	Only in 5.12+
To match [0-9]	`/[0-9]/`	`/\d/` (sometimes) `/[[:digit:]]/` (sometimes)	`/\d/` (always)	`/\p{PosixDigit}/`
To match a Unicode Digit	`/\p{Digit}/`	`/\d/` (sometimes) `/[[:digit:]]/` (sometimes)

I don't know what's going to happen to /[[:digit:]]/.

It's not clear (if it's been decided) if the deterministic behaviour will be active by default in 5.12+, or if a pragma (use 5.012;) will activiate it.

If the deterministic behaviour will be active by default in 5.12+, there may be a pragma to deactivate it.

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