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On 08/06/2013 01:56 PM, Ricardo Signes wrote: > * Eric Brine <ikegami@adaelis.com> [2013-08-06T15:33:54] >> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Karl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com>wrote: >> Are we going to add just one of the s///-specific and m//-specific flags? >> Could they be in a separate section or could we at least acknowledge >> they're not pattern match modifiers? I dislike for them to be listed as >> pattern match modifiers when they aren't and when they can't be provided to >> (?MODS) and (?MODS-MODS:...). > > A cross-reference would be useful. The patch we have is better than nothing. > Better than that might be something like: > > There are a number of flags that can be found at the end of regular > expression constructs that are I<not> generic regular expression flags, but > apply to the operation being performed, like matching or substitution (C<m//> > or C<s///> respectively). These flags, fully documented in > L<perlop/Whatever>, are: > > e - (...eval stuff...) > r - (...replace stuff...) > g - (...globally stuff...) > > If the current patch is applied as-is, I think that's fine, and I can do the > above a bit later. > I like this ideaThread Previous | Thread Next