Re: [ID 20000331.027] (fwd) (?i) doesn't work properly with otherwise

Gurusamy Sarathy writes:
> The following program prints "ok" with 5.005,
> but not with 5.6.
> 
> print "ok\n" if $foo =~ /(?i)/;

Compiling REx `(?i)'
size 2 first at 1
   1: EXACTF <>(2)
   2: END(0)
stclass `EXACTF <>' minlen 0
Matching REx `(?i)' against `'
Freeing REx: `(?i)'

2 bugs:

 a) We got a node "match an empty string";
 b) No reason for failure is reported.

Ilya

• [ID 20000331.027] (fwd) (?i) doesn't work properly with otherwiseempty regex. (APR#185) by Gurusamy Sarathy
• Re: [ID 20000331.027] [PATCH] (?i) doesn't work properly with otherwise by Ilya Zakharevich
• Re: [ID 20000331.027] (fwd) (?i) doesn't work properly with otherwise by Ilya Zakharevich