Branch: refs/heads/master
Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs
Commit: a455b11b2c4364014f34401d41001a0fa3628e3d
https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/a455b11b2c4364014f34401d41001a0fa3628e3d
Author: Larry Wall <[email protected]>
Date: 2011-09-20 (Tue, 20 Sep 2011)
Changed paths:
M S05-regex.pod
Log Message:
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old <a>**',' is now written <a>+%','
The separator syntax is now required to be a modifier on a quantifier,
so the old <a> ** ',' is now written <a>+ % ','. This allows for other
quantifiers like * or ** on the left as the basis of the constraint,
while disambiguating use of ** to only work as a quantifier without
overloading separator matching. The C<%> because it can be pronounced
'modulo' and because it looks like the relationship of two things. And
also because it's unlikely to be confused with other regex forms.
