>>>>> "Joe" == Joe McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joe> This is done by using SNOBOL's dynamic function evaluation and
Joe> conditional assignment during a pattern match. To do this kind of
Joe> thing in Perl, we'd need to be able to match a substring, and
Joe> then call an arbitrary function in the middle of a pattern match,
Joe> and to back out the call if the match failed.
Already done in 5.6. :) "perldoc perlre".
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