Ben Morrow wrote: > Quoth public@khwilliamson.com (karl williamson): >> +Starting in Perl 5.14, a C<.> (dot) immediately after the C<?> is a >> +shorthand equivalent to C<-imsx>. Any positive or negative flags may >> +follow the dot, so >> + >> + (?.x-i:foo) >> + >> +is equivalent to >> + >> + (?x-ims:foo) >> + >> +(The C<-i> wasn't necessary, but did no harm.) > > FWIW I'm not convinced allowing (?.-i: Please explain your concerns.Thread Previous | Thread Next