Re: RFC 110 counting matches (post Hugo)

2000-09-11 Thread Mark-Jason Dominus
> I propose adding this note. His preference for the working of > /t and /g seems the most appropriate. Unless I here any further > discussion I propose moving this RFC to frozen this week. Please post a complete, revised version of the RFC *before* you freeze it.

RFC 110 counting matches (post Hugo)

2000-09-11 Thread Richard Proctor
This list has gone a little quiet... Hugo wrote: > I like this too. I'd suggest /t should mean a) return a scalar of > the number of matches and b) don't set any special variables. Then > /t without /g would return 0 or 1, but be faster since no extra > information need be captured (except intern