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Dr.Ruud
Date:
November 29, 2010 10:06
Subject:
Re: ? RFC: Should a utf8 regex pattern with the /d modifier haveunicodesemantics?
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20101129043033.13698.qmail@lists-nntp.develooper.com
On 2010-11-29 03:18, karl williamson wrote:

> I think that a utf8 regex pattern with the /d modifier should have
> unicode semantics. But I'm open to contrary opinions.
>
> I had always assumed that it should, but it doesn't currently.

How to define "a utf8 regex pattern"?

Will /\d$re/ be a "utf8 regex pattern" if $re has the utf8-flag on, even 
if it only contains code points <= 255?

-- 
Ruud

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