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Re: [perl #109798] '/e' regexp modifier is not recognized by repragma

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From:
Paul Johnson
Date:
February 6, 2012 03:42
Subject:
Re: [perl #109798] '/e' regexp modifier is not recognized by repragma
Message ID:
20120206114241.GB19329@pjcj.net
On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 04:18:38AM -0700, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> >I do wonder if this is intentional or an interesting implementation side effect.
> 
> It's been that way since time immemorial, but I can no longer
> recall whether it was initially done by intent.  

And it's seen far less frequently nowadays.  Back then we had a general
tendency to be a little more cavalier in such matters.

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Paul Johnson - paul@pjcj.net
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