Re: [Boston.pm] using {3-8} instead of {3, 8} doesn't produce even a warning?

2004-01-27 Thread Ronald J Kimball
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 04:55:28PM -0500, Tolkin, Steve wrote: > # run using e.g. echo hello | perl this-file > > # Why doesn't perl produce a warning from {3-8} ? This seems > # to be a syntax error. It surely is not the way to match strings of length > 3 - 8. It > # should be {3,8} . > >

[Boston.pm] using {3-8} instead of {3, 8} doesn't produce even a warning?

2004-01-27 Thread Tolkin, Steve
Title: using {3-8} instead of {3,8} doesn't produce even a warning? # run using e.g. echo hello | perl this-file # Why doesn't perl produce a warning from {3-8} ?  This seems # to be a syntax error.  It surely is not the way to match strings of length 3 - 8.  It # should be {3,8} . while