Randal L. Schwartz writes:
: >>>>> "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".
At the moment, there's no way for the call to "fail". Unfortunately.
Larry
