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Re: ? RFC: Should a utf8 regex pattern with the /d modifier haveunicodesemantics?

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karl williamson
Date:
November 29, 2010 10:22
Subject:
Re: ? RFC: Should a utf8 regex pattern with the /d modifier haveunicodesemantics?
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4CF3EF5C.2010807@khwilliamson.com
Dr.Ruud wrote:
> 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?
> 

Yes.


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