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

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From:
Karl Williamson
Date:
December 30, 2011 07:13
Subject:
Re: [perl #107262] Unmatched \Q \E in regexp should warn
Message ID:
4EFDD51D.4070609@khwilliamson.com
On 12/30/2011 02:25 AM, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote:
> * 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,

A sentence that fits other messages is "Useless use of \E"

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