On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 12:12:09PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The step 2 program uses a conversion module called Filth.
> I have no CPAN experience, and am open to suggestion, but
> this module might eventually become CPAN Convert::Filth (??).
I'd suggest Acme::Filth, to go with Acme::Bleach and Acme::Buffy.
> Interestingly, I had to change:
> $x =~ s/\S/#/g;
> to
> $x =~ tr/!-~/#/;
> because the former caused the generated Perl program to
> malfunction in strange ways. I guess because the whole
> program is running inside a regex, there are some
> limitations on what the source program can do.
Yes, Perl's regex engine is not re-entrant. It can't execute a new regex in
the middle of executing another regex.
Ronald
P.S. That's just sick.
