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From:
Paul LeoNerd Evans
Date:
August 4, 2010 07:55
Subject:
Re: RFC: New regex modifier flags
Message ID:
20100804145509.GB11110@cel.leo
On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 04:22:24PM +0200, demerphq wrote:
> > If we had this debate before regex modifiers were ever introduced, I'm
> > pretty confident the view would be that it's a bad idea to allow a
> > run-on precisely because it closes out the extensibility of future
> > regex modifiers (not to mention being just generally confusing).
> > Thus, I think the behavior is a bug, not a feature.
> >
> > I was asking about documentation to see if there is any evidence to
> > the contrary that would suggest this behavior was intentional design.
> 
> FWIW(IAA) I vote bug.

+1

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