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On 21 March 2014 14:01, Zefram <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Zefram > # Please include the string: [perl #121484] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121484 > > > > > This is a bug report for perl from zefram@fysh.org, > generated with the help of perlbug 1.40 running under perl 5.19.10. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > [Please describe your issue here] > > $ perl5.19.10 -lwe 'print "wibble" =~ /\Awibble\z/m ? "yes" : "no"' > no > $ perl5.19.9 -lwe 'print "wibble" =~ /\Awibble\z/m ? "yes" : "no"' > yes > > Obviously a regression. Regexp matches correctly if /m is omitted, > or if either anchor is omitted, or if any of the letters "ble" in the > pattern are replaced with dots. But replacing "wib" with dots keeps it > falsely non-matching. Why is this a regression? I call this a bug fix. It *should* have matched with /m. There are no regexp structures affected by /m in this pattern. YvesThread Previous | Thread Next