[PATCH pod/perlre.pod] 'Experimental constructs'

A couple of regexp constructs are marked "highly experimental", and
"can be removed without further notice". However, they have been around
unmodified (except perhaps some bugfixes) since 5.6.0, and are commonly
used constructs.

I think it's time we remove the classification of "highly experimental".
Hence the following patch.


Abigail


--- pod/perlre.pod.orig Tue Oct 14 14:19:10 2003
+++ pod/perlre.pod      Tue Oct 14 14:22:14 2003
@@ -449,12 +449,6 @@
 the parentheses.  The character after the question mark indicates
 the extension.
 
-The stability of these extensions varies widely.  Some have been
-part of the core language for many years.  Others are experimental
-and may change without warning or be completely removed.  Check
-the documentation on an individual feature to verify its current
-status.
-
 A question mark was chosen for this and for the minimal-matching
 construct because 1) question marks are rare in older regular
 expressions, and 2) whenever you see one, you should stop and
@@ -559,9 +553,6 @@
 
 =item C<(?{ code })>
 
-B<WARNING>: This extended regular expression feature is considered
-highly experimental, and may be changed or deleted without notice.
-
 This zero-width assertion evaluates any embedded Perl code.  It
 always succeeds, and its C<code> is not interpolated.  Currently,
 the rules to determine where the C<code> ends are somewhat convoluted.
@@ -629,11 +620,6 @@
 
 =item C<(??{ code })>
 
-B<WARNING>: This extended regular expression feature is considered
-highly experimental, and may be changed or deleted without notice.
-A simplified version of the syntax may be introduced for commonly
-used idioms.
-
 This is a "postponed" regular subexpression.  The C<code> is evaluated
 at run time, at the moment this subexpression may match.  The result
 of evaluation is considered as a regular expression and matched as
@@ -656,9 +642,6 @@
 
 =item C<< (?>pattern) >>
 
-B<WARNING>: This extended regular expression feature is considered
-highly experimental, and may be changed or deleted without notice.
-
 An "independent" subexpression, one which matches the substring
 that a I<standalone> C<pattern> would match if anchored at the given
 position, and it matches I<nothing other than this substring>.  This
@@ -751,9 +734,6 @@
 
 =item C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
 
-B<WARNING>: This extended regular expression feature is considered
-highly experimental, and may be changed or deleted without notice.
-
 Conditional expression.  C<(condition)> should be either an integer in
 parentheses (which is valid if the corresponding pair of parentheses
 matched), or look-ahead/look-behind/evaluate zero-width assertion.

• [PATCH pod/perlre.pod] 'Experimental constructs' by Abigail
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlre.pod] 'Experimental constructs' by Dave Mitchell
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlre.pod] 'Experimental constructs' by hv