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From:
Bram
Date:
June 19, 2008 00:06
Subject:
Re: Empty regex
Message ID:
20080619090432.celktvvhcgswoww8@horde.wizbit.be
> 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?
>
Relevant to this discussion:
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2008/05/msg136887.html
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2008/05/msg136687.html
Which suggest that m// might be removed in a future version. And be
replaced with m/(*LAST_PAT)/ (or something like that - look at the
thread for the details).
Kind regards,
Bram
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