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Re: [perl #22182] regular expression bug (design limitation?)

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From:
Rafael Garcia-Suarez
Date:
May 15, 2003 01:14
Subject:
Re: [perl #22182] regular expression bug (design limitation?)
Message ID:
20030515101237.2b291dd5.rgarciasuarez@free.fr
Edward Peschko wrote:
> my $_parens = \&_parens;
> 
> if ($string =~ m"($_parens)stuff")
> {
> }
> 
> and have the regular expression engine:
> 
>     a) recognize that $_parens is a code reference

The problem is that the regexp engine won't see the $_parens variable, but
something like "(CODE(0xdeadbeef))stuff".

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