Re: apo5

2005-11-22 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 01:09:40AM +0100, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: > 's/$/foo/' becomes 's//foo/' > >>> > >>> Uh, no, because is still a zero width assertion. :-) > >> > >> That's why I chose it. It is not at the end-of-string? > > > > Because ".*" matches "", // would be true at > > every p

Re: apo5

2005-11-22 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 11:19:48PM +0100, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: > Patrick R. Michaud: > > >> 's/$/foo/' becomes 's//foo/' > >> > > > > Uh, no, because is still a zero width assertion. :-) > > That's why I chose it. It is not at the end-of-string? Because ".*" matches "", // would be true

Re: apo5

2005-11-22 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 07:57:59PM +0100, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: > > There is a "[[:alpha:][:digit:]" and a "[[:alpha:][:digit]]" on the > A5-page. Now fixed. > > Besides, you have to be able to distinguish > > s/^/foo/ from s/$/foo/. > > 's/$/foo/' becomes 's//foo/' > Uh, no, because is s

Re: apo5

2005-11-22 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 12:08:08PM -0800, Larry Wall wrote: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 07:57:59PM +0100, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: > : There is a "[[:alpha:][:digit:]" and a "[[:alpha:][:digit]]" on the > : A5-page. > > Hmm, well, thanks--I went to fix it and I see Patrick beat me to > the fix. But

Re: apo5

2005-11-21 Thread Ruud H.G. van Tol
Patrick R. Michaud: > Ruud H.G. van Tol: >> 's/$/foo/' becomes 's//foo/' > > Uh, no, because is still a zero width assertion. :-) That's why I chose it. It is not at the end-of-string? >>> >>> Because ".*" matches "", // would be true at >>> every position in the string, in

Re: apo5

2005-11-21 Thread Ruud H.G. van Tol
Patrick R. Michaud: > Ruud H.G. van Tol: >> Patrick R. Michaud: >>> Ruud H.G. van Tol: 's/$/foo/' becomes 's//foo/' >>> >>> Uh, no, because is still a zero width assertion. :-) >> >> That's why I chose it. It is not at the end-of-string? > > Because ".*" matches "", // would be true at > ev

Re: apo5

2005-11-21 Thread Juerd
Larry Wall skribis 2005-11-21 12:08 (-0800): > Unfortunately, though, > > would be ambiguous, and/or wrong. Well, we could of course change "-" to mean "-1 or fewer", as "+" means "+1 or more"... :D Juerd -- http://convolution.nl/maak_juerd_blij.html http://convolution.nl/make_juerd_happy

Re: apo5

2005-11-21 Thread Ruud H.G. van Tol
Patrick R. Michaud: >> 's/$/foo/' becomes 's//foo/' >> > > Uh, no, because is still a zero width assertion. :-) That's why I chose it. It is not at the end-of-string? perl5 -e '$_="abc"; s/(?<=...)/x/; print' perl5 -e '$_="abc"; s/(?!.)/x/; print' 's//foo/' -- Grtz, Ruud

Re: apo5

2005-11-21 Thread Ruud H.G. van Tol
Larry Wall: > in one of the updates, it says: > > +[Update: Actually, that's now written C<< <+alpha+digit> >>, > avoiding +the mistaken impression entirely.] In dev's A05.html I only found: "[Update: That must now be written <++>, or it will be mistaken for «alpha> looks right to me. Ide

Re: apo5

2005-11-21 Thread Larry Wall
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 07:57:59PM +0100, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: : There is a "[[:alpha:][:digit:]" and a "[[:alpha:][:digit]]" on the : A5-page. Hmm, well, thanks--I went to fix it and I see Patrick beat me to the fix. But in one of the updates, it says: +[Update: Actually, that's now wri

Re: apo5

2005-11-21 Thread Ruud H.G. van Tol
Larry Wall: > Ruud H.G. van Tol: > dev.perl.org one day latency but html-ified > svn.perl.org up to the minute but only in pod Thanks, much better. Can't say that I haven't been there before. There is a "[[:alpha:][:digit:]" and a "[[:alpha:][:digit]]" on the A5-page. >> The '^' could

Re: apo5 (was: Re: \x{123a 123b 123c})

2005-11-21 Thread Larry Wall
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 05:49:59PM +0100, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: : Larry Wall: : > Juerd: : >> Ruud: : : >>> Maybe : >>> "\x{123a 123b 123c}" : >>> is a nice alternative of : >>> "\x{123a} \x{123b} \x{123c}". : >> : >> Hmm, very cute and friendly! Can we keep it, please? Please? : : Tha

apo5 (was: Re: \x{123a 123b 123c})

2005-11-21 Thread Ruud H.G. van Tol
Larry Wall: > Juerd: >> Ruud: >>> Maybe >>> "\x{123a 123b 123c}" >>> is a nice alternative of >>> "\x{123a} \x{123b} \x{123c}". >> >> Hmm, very cute and friendly! Can we keep it, please? Please? Thanks for the support. > We already have, from A5, \x[0a;0d], so you can supposedly say >

Re: Ex4, Apo5, when ?

2002-01-20 Thread Damian Conway
> >> It may be a bit before Ex4 is done. Damian's on a cruise ship at > >> the moment, so even if he's got the time (and I don't think he > >> does) he's likely lacking connectivity. I expect he'll give us > >> word at some point what the schedule is. > > > >They've got connectivity all right.

Re: Ex4, Apo5, when ?

2002-01-18 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 4:17 PM -0500 1/18/02, Michael G Schwern wrote: >On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 03:35:59PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote: >> At 10:16 AM +0200 1/18/02, raptor wrote: >> >Did u passed "Bermuda Triangle" :") >> >> It may be a bit before Ex4 is done. Damian's on a cruise ship at the >> moment, so even if

Re: Ex4, Apo5, when ?

2002-01-18 Thread Michael G Schwern
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 03:35:59PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote: > At 10:16 AM +0200 1/18/02, raptor wrote: > >Did u passed "Bermuda Triangle" :") > > It may be a bit before Ex4 is done. Damian's on a cruise ship at the > moment, so even if he's got the time (and I don't think he does) he's > like

Re: Ex4, Apo5, when ?

2002-01-18 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 10:16 AM +0200 1/18/02, raptor wrote: >Did u passed "Bermuda Triangle" :") It may be a bit before Ex4 is done. Damian's on a cruise ship at the moment, so even if he's got the time (and I don't think he does) he's likely lacking connectivity. I expect he'll give us word at some point what t

Ex4, Apo5, when ?

2002-01-18 Thread raptor
Did u passed "Bermuda Triangle" :") raptor