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On 12/29/2011 02:31 PM, Eric Brine wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Ricardo Signes > <perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org <mailto:perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org>> wrote: > > * Abigail <abigail@abigail.be <mailto:abigail@abigail.be>> > [2011-12-29T12:33:05] > > > Warning on an unmatched \E might make sense. I'm not sure. \Q > should be > > > allowed to end peacefully when the string terminates. > > > > \Q is documented to escape all non letter/digit/underscores to > the next > > \E or the end of the pattern, whichever comes first. > > I was pretty sure it was, but didn't find the documentation in the > brief look I > had before posting. All I found was talk about \Q..\E pairs, with a few > examples that omitted \E. > > > Examples in the documentation are documentation, and \E is omitted in > all four examples where it could be omitted. > > But it could be clarified at little cost. > > Current: > > \L: lowercase all characters till \E seen > \U: uppercase all characters till \E seen > \Q: quote non-word characters till \E > > Suggested: > > \L: lowercase all characters till \E or end of string > \U: uppercase all characters till \E or end of string > \Q: quote non-word characters till \E or end of string > > - Eric > +1Thread Previous