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Re: [perl #107262] Unmatched \Q \E in regexp should warn

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From:
Aristotle Pagaltzis
Date:
December 30, 2011 01:25
Subject:
Re: [perl #107262] Unmatched \Q \E in regexp should warn
Message ID:
20111230092515.GS20739@klangraum.plasmasturm.org
* Brian Fraser <fraserbn@gmail.com> [2011-12-30 05:15]:
> Currently the warning is "Found \E without a preceding case
> modification or quoted section", mostly because I felt particularly
> unimaginative.

Why not simply “Found \E without matching \Q, \U or \L”? It’s shorter
and quicker to read, and I think it’s much quicker to understand.

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>

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