Author: audreyt
Date: Sat Jun 3 07:12:04 2006
New Revision: 9442
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod
Log:
* At scw++'s request, add an explicit definition to the default <ws>:
"\s+ if it's between two \w characters, \s* otherwise"
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod Sat Jun 3 07:12:04 2006
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
Maintainer: Patrick Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and
Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 24 Jun 2002
- Last Modified: 13 May 2006
+ Last Modified: 3 June 2006
Number: 5
- Version: 24
+ Version: 25
This document summarizes Apocalypse 5, which is about the new regex
syntax. We now try to call them I<regex> because they haven't been
@@ -631,8 +631,10 @@
/ <before pattern> / # was /(?=pattern)/
/ <after pattern> / # was /(?<pattern)/
- / <ws> / # match whitespace by :s policy
/ <sp> / # match the SPACE character (U+0020)
+ / <ws> / # match "whitespace":
+ # \s+ if it's between two \w characters,
+ # \s* otherwise
/ <at($pos)> / # match only at a particular StrPos
# short for <?{ .pos == $pos }>
