regexp in 5.005_61: (?{...})

Hello.

While ramblering in Perl's regexp source I've noticed that (?{...})
construction is parsed in regcomp.c in too simplified way.
So following mis-feature exists:

perl -e '/(?{print "Hello"})/'
prints Hello

perl -e '/(?{print "Hello{}"})/'
prints Hello{}

BUT
perl -e '/(?{print "Hello{"})/'
explains:
Sequence (?{...}) not terminated or not {}-balanced at -e line 1, within
pattern
/(?{print "Hello{"})/: Sequence (?{...}) not terminated or not {}-balanced
at -e
 line 1.

I know, it is a very experimental feature, but anyway, parsing need to be
more complicated in this case.

Good luck,
Vadim.

• regexp in 5.005_61: (?{...}) by Konovalov, Vadim
• RE: regexp in 5.005_61: (?{...}) by Konovalov, Vadim
• Re: regexp in 5.005_61: (?{...}) by M.J.T. Guy
• Re: regexp in 5.005_61: (?{...}) by Ilya Zakharevich