[perl #113962] /r modifier on substitutions - variant returning undef if no match

On Tue Jul 03 03:01:56 2012, eda@waniasset.com wrote:
> ...
> 
>     my $old = 'cat';
>     (my $new = $old) =~ s/cat/dog/ or die;
> [...]
>     my $new = $old =~ s/cat/dog/R // die;

My feeling is that in this case, the user should simply use the non-r form.  I am open to hear 
more on this, but I think this is not worth the complexity of Yet Another Postfix Modifier.

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• [perl #113962] /r modifier on substitutions - variant returning undef if no match by Ricardo SIGNES via RT
• Re: [perl #113962] /r modifier on substitutions - variant returning undef if no match by Ed Avis
• Re: [perl #113962] /r modifier on substitutions - variant returningundef if no match by Eric Brine
• Re: [perl #113962] /r modifier on substitutions - variant returningundef if no match by Leon Timmermans