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Abigail
Date:
October 28, 2008 07:32
Subject:
Re: PATCH [perl #59342] chr(0400) =~ /\400/ fails for >= 400
Message ID:
20081028143319.GA23016@almanda
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 07:23:29PM -0600, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> Dear Glenn and Karl,
> 
>   +=============================+
>   | SUMMARY of Exposition Below |
>   v-----------------------------v
> 
>   *  I fully agree there's a bug.
> 
>   *  I believe Karl has produced a reasonable patch to fix it.
> 
>   *  I wonder what *else* might/should also change in tandem
>      with this estimable amendment so as to:
> 
>      ?  avoid evoking or astonishing any hobgoblins of
>         foolish inconsistency (ie: breaking bad expectations)
> 
>      ?  what (if any?) backwards-compat story might need
>         spinning (ie, breaking code, albeit cum credible Apologia)


I am seldomly in favour of new warnings for existing code, but perhaps
use of \NNN, with NNN > 377 in a regexp should trigger a warning, as
its behaviour is surprising - not to mention some code out there may
rely on the current (buggy) behaviour.



Abigail
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