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Author: larry
Date: Wed Aug 16 14:57:15 2006
New Revision: 11047
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod
Log:
Clarification of intented use of the word "regex", suggested by dduncan++.
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod
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--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod Wed Aug 16 14:57:15 2006
@@ -14,14 +14,19 @@
Maintainer: Patrick Michaud <pmichaud@pobox.com> and
Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>
Date: 24 Jun 2002
- Last Modified: 2 Aug 2006
+ Last Modified: 16 Aug 2006
Number: 5
- Version: 31
+ Version: 32
This document summarizes Apocalypse 5, which is about the new regex
-syntax. We now try to call them I<regex> because they haven't been
-regular expressions for a long time. When referring to their use in
-a grammar, the term I<rule> is preferred.
+syntax. We now try to call them I<regex> rather than "regular
+expressions" because they haven't been regular expressions for a
+long time, and we think the popular term "regex" is in the process of
+becoming a technical term with a precise meaning of: "something you do
+pattern matching with, kinda like a regular expression".
+
+In any case, when referring to recursive patterns within a grammar,
+the terms I<rule> and I<token> are generally preferred.
=head1 New match result and capture variables