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On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 08:43:52AM -0600, Karl Williamson wrote: > I heard about this proposal too late to get it in 5.14. > > Allowing underscores as a way for the user to separate the regex > modifiers into whatever groups they wish seems like a good idea to > me. The modifiers would do nothing besides be syntactic sugar and > would not be in the stringified version. I agree 100% about the problem this proposal is trying to address. I've been getting increasingly worried about the growing complexity of regex modifiers. Each and every change made has been a welcome addition and made perfect sense when considered individually. Taken as a whole, our regexes have grown much more complex in the past several years. I've actually been considering a moratorium on regex syntax changes for 5.16. -jesse --Thread Previous | Thread Next