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2009/12/11 Juerd Waalboer <juerd@convolution.nl>: > karl williamson skribis 2009-12-10 22:29 (-0700): >> It was our intention that 5.12 would use strict Posix definitions >> rigourously for all these, > > In that case I'm entirely fine with the change, provided of course that > perldelta documents the change as such. > >> except the perl made-up extension, [[:Word:]], which has no Posix >> definition. > > Changing the bracket expressions to strict POSIX semantics is an > incompatible change. Why keep [:word:]? Not that I really mind, but > strict interpretation usually doesn't come with exceptions. if we restrict [:word:] to the ascii definition of \w we historically have had then we stay true to the spirit of the POSIX definitions while getting our underbar too and providing a work around for \w's strange behaviour. Yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"Thread Previous | Thread Next