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[perl #130497] Revert "Unescaped left brace in regex" fatality

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From:
James E Keenan via RT
Date:
February 8, 2017 18:19
Subject:
[perl #130497] Revert "Unescaped left brace in regex" fatality
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rt-4.0.24-5419-1486577964-1242.130497-15-0@perl.org
On Wed, 08 Feb 2017 17:18:13 GMT, khw wrote:
[snip]
> I think that by making this portion of the unescaped '{' fatal in
> 5.26, we will lessen the chances that the final portion will create
> problems in future releases.

I agree with that.  It will also give us a feel for the scope of the problems we'll face with fatalizations/new exceptions in 5.28 and 5.30.

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan
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James E Keenan (jkeenan@cpan.org)

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