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From:
F . Xavier Noria
Date:
March 8, 2002 03:04
Subject:
Re: TPR1 post-mortem
Message ID:
20020308110415.700EBCD2BD@smtp.bcn.isoco.net
On Fri, 08 Mar 2002 11:41:31 +0100
cizaire_liste <cizaire_liste@yahoo.com> wrote:

: Can someone explains me why 
: 
: my $c = '($a="www")=~s{}{z}g;print "$a\n";die';
: eval $c;
: $^O=~s{.}{$c}ee;
: 
: output two lines that are different ?
: ($^O is only used to have a not empty string)

I have not studied it carefully, but at first sight I see a possible
gotcha, when the pattern is {} s uses the last successful pattern that
matched (this is surely imprecise or false, I have not the Camel book
here), just to throw an idea.

-- fxn

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