Re: RFC 308 (v1) Ban Perl hooks into regexes

[Hugo]

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bart Lateur writes:
:On 25 Sep 2000 20:14:52 -0000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
:
:>Remove C<?{ code }>, C<??{ code }> and friends.
:
:I'm putting the finishing touches on an RFC to drop (?{...}) and replace
:it with something far more localized, hence cleaner: assertions, also in
:Perl code. That way,
:
:       /(?<!\d)(\d+)(?{$1 < 256})/
:
:would only match integers between 0 and 255.

I'd like to suggest an alternative semantic for this: rename
(??{ code }) to (?&{ code }), and use the newly freed (??{ code })
for the assertions. (I was about to write an RFC for just that, so
I'm glad I can save a bit of time. :)

Hugo