Re: [perl #35877] \n after $ in regex (was: Strange regex failure?)

Bram via RT wrote:
>Is this intended/expected behaviour?
>
>"a\n" =~ m/a$ \n/x; # true
>"a\n" =~ m/a$\n/x;  # false

The latter is expected: $\ gets interpolated.

$ perl -lwe 'print qr/a$\n/' 
(?-xism:a
n)
$

-zefram

• [perl #35877] \n after $ in regex (was: Strange regex failure?) by Bram via RT
• Re: [perl #35877] \n after $ in regex (was: Strange regex failure?) by Zefram
• Re: [perl #35877] \n after $ in regex (was: Strange regex failure?) by David Nicol
• Re: [perl #35877] \n after $ in regex (was: Strange regexfailure?) by Bram
• Re: [perl #35877] \n after $ in regex (was: Strange regex failure?) by Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
• [PATCH] Unintented interpolation of $/ in regex (was: Re: [perl#35877] \n after $ in regex (was: Strange regex failure?)) by Bram
• Re: [PATCH] Unintented interpolation of $/ in regex (was: Re: [perl #35877] \n after $ in regex (was: Strange regex failure?)) by Rafael Garcia-Suarez
• Re: [perl #35877] \n after $ in regex by David Landgren