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Re: qr stringification: why are xism always present? I'm worried about backward compatibility

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
Date:
August 1, 2010 11:15
Subject:
Re: qr stringification: why are xism always present? I'm worried about backward compatibility
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AANLkTi=c28PDm611Q5J7rqy0bQ13i15a8MpHtbjpBkzs@mail.gmail.com
I don't know. But perhaps this had something to do with the
now-removed $* variable? Since otherwise regexes that you read back in
could be modified by $* in your current scope.
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