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From:
James E Keenan via RT
Date:
August 8, 2013 01:08
Subject:
[perl #119151] perldoc perlre does not appear to mention /r
Message ID:
rt-3.6.HEAD-2552-1375924089-699.119151-15-0@perl.org
On Tue Aug 06 12:57:36 2013, perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org wrote:

> 
> 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.
> 

In order to move us forward, in commit 171e731 I applied the SECOND
patch attached.  I'm now assigning the ticket to rjbs so that,
post-5.18.1 release, he can add the paragraphs he suggested in an
appropriate location.

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan


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