From: Shyouhei Urabe <redmine@...>
Date: 2008-09-10T21:16:17+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:18536] [Bug #557](Closed) Regexp does not match longest string

Issue #557 has been updated by Shyouhei Urabe.

Status changed from Open to Closed

Not a bug. Leftmost match is preferred.

% echo 'footer' | perl -pe 's/foo|footer/($&)/;'
(foo)ter

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