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From:
alfie
Date:
June 18, 2008 20:47
Subject:
Empty regex
Message ID:
53781.59.167.195.42.1213847244.squirrel@www.share-house.com.au
Hi,
From http://dev.perl.org/perl6/rfc/144.html
-- 8< --
Any code that contains the innocent-looking
if (/\Q$string\E/) {
...
}
is potentially booby-trapped. Such code is common.
-- >8 --
Is there anyway to make /$string/ warn if $string is empty? Maybe even in
future releases of perl?
Alfie
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