> On Sep 18, 2019, at 1:45 PM, Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev > <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: > > I don't see why / is a meta character. > It does not appear anywhere else in the documentation as metacharacter.
In some languages "/" is used as the delimiter to begin/end a regular expression, for example in sed where the substitution command is "s/old/new/". So perhaps the underlying regex parser ignores "/" characters at the start/end of the regex unless they're quoted? —Jens _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
