[perl #128986] [NYI] Forbid \b (backspace) escape sequence in regexes to catch a P5-ism

2016-12-04 Thread Zoffix Znet via RT
On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 10:27:04 -0700, sml...@gmail.com wrote: > S05 says: > > Backslash escapes for literal characters in ordinary strings are > allowed in regexes (\a, \x, etc.). However, the exception to this > rule is \b, which is disallowed in order t

[perl #128986] [NYI] Forbid \b (backspace) escape sequence in regexes to catch a P5-ism

2016-08-18 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Sam S. # Please include the string: [perl #128986] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=128986 > S05 says: Backslash escapes for literal chara