Re: [perl #116773] Documentation of $ in perlre

Eric Brine wrote:
>By the way, the definition of /m is even worse.

I wonder if it would help to give precise definitions of /^/ and /$/
in terms of the simpler operators that were not available when that
document was originally written.

	/^/     /\A/
	/$/     /(?=\n?\z)/
	/^/m    /(?:\A|(?<=\n)(?!\z))/
	/$/m    /(?=\n|\z)/

-zefram

• [perl #116773] Documentation of $ in perlre by James E Keenan via RT
• [perl #116773] Documentation of $ in perlre by Karl Williamson via RT
• Re: [perl #116773] Documentation of $ in perlre by Eric Brine
• Re: [perl #116773] Documentation of $ in perlre by Eric Brine
• Re: [perl #116773] Documentation of $ in perlre by Zefram
• Re: [perl #116773] Documentation of $ in perlre by Eric Brine
• Re: [perl #116773] Documentation of $ in perlre by Zefram
• [perl #116773] Documentation of $ in perlre by Rob Dixon