Re: RFC 110 (v3) counting matches

[Jonathan Scott Duff]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 09:23:59AM -0600, Tom Christiansen wrote:
>     () = $string =~ m{
>       (\d\d) - (\d\d) - (\d\d)
>       (?{ push @dates, makedate($1,$2,$3) })
>     }gx;

That empty list to force the proper context irks me.  How about a
modifier to the RE that forces it (this would solve the "counting matches"
problem too).

        $string =~ m{
            (\d\d) - (\d\d) - (\d\d)
            (?{ push @dates, makedate($1,$2,$3) })
        }gxl;

        $count = $string =~ m/foo/gl;           # always list context

-Scott
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